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Last Updated: 11/18/2009

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August 12, 2009 - Wednesday 

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July 16, 2009 - Thursday 

Current mood:  understimulated
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
ALOT OF FANS HAVE BEEN ASKING ME WHERE I BEEN, THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO SEE ALOT ABOUT ME FROM I LOVE NEW YORK 2 AND ASK ME ALL THE TIME WHY AM I NOT ON ANY OF THE NEW SHOWS (I LOVE MONEY)..?..?..?..?..?..???????????????

WE'LL NOW IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO GO RIGHT TO THE SOURCE
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE ME BACK ON TV LET VH1 KNOW!!!!!!!


EMAIL THEM AT:

INFO@51MINDS.COM

TELL THEM WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE?? (PLEASE NO HATERS)

IF THE EMAIL IS NOT INQUIRING ABOUT ME YOU WILL NOT GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM.

SINCERELY FOR THE FANS ONLY, WISE

P.S.
FEEL FREE TO HIT ME UP IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS!
Currently listening:
Jay Z - Fade to Black
Release date: 2005-04-05
March 6, 2008 - Thursday 

Current mood:  focused

http://rapcapital.com/interview/mrwise.htm

 

Whats good fam thanks for doing this interview ....whats new?

No problem, just chillin'. Trying get this Mix CD wrapped up.

Your appearance on "I Love New York 2" is one that won't be forgotten. Is there anything you regret about your time on the show?

Yea, but I try to move on because if you don't learn from your mistakes then they are in vain.

What made you sign up?

I actually didn't as a joke at first and signed up for the internet voting, not knowing I would actually win. I always had been a fan of New York's and the show.

Where you really feeling New York?

She is cool but you really don't get to see her enough to get real feeling for her. That's why I couldn't understand dude's telling her that they love her. I guess that's where the acting comes in.

Ok let's imagine something ..You are walking down a street all alone ...and all of a sudden you see a guy with tight jeans and a bad hairline ..as you get closer you notice its Taylor Made....what do you do?

Lol!! Man, to be honest it's not even at that level anymore. I almost went to jail at the reunion and I really got way to much shit to do then to be in jail over saliva and flying fist.

Do you think T.Made and New York will last?

Anything is possible but I do feel eventually she will get tired
of him and search for a different kind of man.

Do you stay in contact with any of the cast of the show? If so who?

I talk to Midget Mac like almost every other day, that's my fam. I speak to Buddha and It once in a while.

A lot of people are just finding out that you rap ..how come you never really made it known on the show?

Hip Hop and I Love New York 2 shouldn't even be in the same sentence. Lol, that's not how an artist wants to be remembered especially if music is his life. I tried to be humble about it and I didn't need to tell everybody that I'm a hot M.C.; I would like the music to speak for me.

You are originally from Jerz and now live in Florida ..... would you say your style has more of an East Coast feel or a Down South vibe? And out of those two which is your favorite style of hiphop?

I would have to say I'm the best of both worlds. I am inspired by real lyrics and something with depth so I don't care where you are from. Anybody like Nas, Jay-z, Kanye, to Outkast, Scarface, and Goodie Mob inspires me and what I represent.

Your new album is out and available to the public titled "Windows To The Soul". What made you come up with that title?

The windows to your soul are your eyes. People always tell me my eyes tell a story. I wanted to open the window a little and I wanted people to look inside of me, feel what I was feeling and see what I was seeing on this album.

Any Features?

Killah Priest, Soulflower, Big Brooklyn Red, and a lot of other talented artist from everywhere made this album a classic.

What producers did you work with?

A lot of underground producers. I don't believe in using big names always. I think producers that are hungry are going to give you there best.

Judging by your song "Slippin Away" you are into real hiphop with depth ...that substance is missing nowadays from allot of the new rappers ..do you feel making music like that in this day and age is almost a curse when it comes to getting mainstream media to embrace it?

I agree that it is hard to put out music with substance and meaning right now especially in Rap Music but I think it's all about balance when you're making songs. You got to learn how to dumb it down a little without compromising yourself as an artist. You can make a song once and a while without being over preachy and to deep for the people. In my opinion you want everybody to be able to relate to a song that's what makes it a hit record.

How do you feel about the current state of hiphop?

If Nas thinks Hip Hop is dead then he must not believe in the reincarnation, the resurrection, or the recreation of life. Hip Hop is a way of life and an art form that many people live there life by. I believe that everything in music just like life will move forward and recreate itself. There will be time that people will eventually get tired of what Hip Hop music sounds like right now and it will be renewed. Music will always be recreated threw the hands and voices of new talent and musicians which will shape the future of what's hot.

Your first single,"Be My Girl" is making some noise... is there going to be a video for it? And what made you choose this song for the first single?

A video as been talked about but the song actually is a track of my new album which isn't even finished yet, I kind of just leaked it and it got a big buzz. I think what makes this song such a good record goes back to balance. It is a great song that the people love and I didn't compromise myself as an M.C. to make it.

When did you first discover your talent for making music?

I think I loved Hip Hop Music so much when I was younger the expression of it. One day I picked up a pen and started writing and would go to school just bangin' beats on the lunch tables and droppin' lyrics in hallways. The response I got from kids was crazy so I knew this was it.

Here at rapcap we like to ask questions that are out of the norm .....here we go!

Whats a typical day like for Mr. Wise aka Solomon Wise?

Wake up eat a healthy breakfast (no pork). Get on the phone and make those power moving phone calls. Try to get in the gym for at least an hour and then lock myself in the studio. Honestly though everyday brings something different, I can't always predict it.

Would you ever consider working with The Entertainer at UPS? LOL

I actually worked at UPS that shit is no joke son.

Sopranos or Scarface?

I'm in Miami so Scarface.

Obama or Hilary?

Obama but I really want Bill Clinton back in that bitch.

What is your opinion on Dog The Bounty Racist getting his show back on air only a few months after he was caught using vulgar racial slurs?

I think it's fucked up but these networks don't care about racism in America. All they care about is ratings and the dollar signs. They believe if they but the show back on after he said that dumb shit the ratings of the show will go up.

TOP 5 RAPPERS DEAD OR ALIVE?

Man, I hate this question because I will sit here an hour fighting with myself.
Not in any order I'll say Nas, Jay-z, Eminem, Common, and Andre 3000.

I'll change my mind in like 10 minutes..lol

Did we really land on the moon or is it a conspiracy?

I don't know but if they got money to go to the moon then they got money to feed the poor.

back to the norm ...here are a few questions from some fans that wrote in

Marko Santo wants to know -If you can work with anyone in the music bizz who would it be?

I would like to work with Amy Winehouse and Alicia Keys soon.

Diz wants to know -Are you going to have your own reality show anytime soon?

Will see but if I do I would like to make it about some real shit.

Cool Killa Cali Keith wants to know- Did you see the sex tape of New York that leaked on the net? and if you did do you think it's here? and lastly if you saw it and thinks it's her how was her performance?

Yea, I seen it and that's not her. New York don't got ass like that. Lol

EK FROM ILL-IT.COM  wants to know If you buy cd's download music?

If I think the artist is talented then I will support them and buy the album, otherwise I'll download the single.

Cecilia from Queens wants to know-If you have any pets and what kind?

Yea, a cat that thinks he is a dog.

Livin La Vida Coka wants to know if you are on the 9 to 5 grind or strictly music?

I work part time as a manager for a big entertainment retail store, I run and own my studio, I do small promotion for a couple of Miami clubs, and I am the C.E.O. of Wise Owl Music and Management. It's safe to say I get money.

Lisa from Nutley NJ wants to know if you like all kinda of women or just chocolate? And what do you look for in a woman?

Speaking about chocolate I like to eat so cooking skills is something I look for. Lol

Naw, but I don't base my relationship on skin tone but on sexual and mental chemistry. I look for a Queen who can keep herself sexy and keep it real with me on all levels. Somebody who's down to earth, I can laugh with and who knows how to keep her man happy.

Steve Miller from Ontario Canada wants to know- If when you turned into Air Jordan on the reunion special if you actually got to hit that fruit cake "Taylor Made"?

Buddy got a nice little lump but the surprise on in face was even more priceless. He got off easy though thanks to security.

Back to the normal interview.......

Out of all your music that you have done what song will be the one that will make someone turn into an instant fan?

I would have to say DAYZANDNITEZ off The Windows To The Soul album because of its story. I got punk rockers to hardcore gangsters loving my music because there is no gimmick behind what I speak and I think my fans relate and appreciate that.

Where can people check you on the web and pick up your new album?

www.myspace.com/solomonwise
www.cdbaby.com/solomonwise
www.soulofsolomon.com

Thanks for kicking it with Rapcapital.com and feel free to give any plugs and FU'S !!!

Give thanks for the love fam and everybody stay tuned for my next movement.

 

 

Conducted by: Tha advocate

Currently listening:
Illmatic
By Nas
Release date: 19 April, 1994
December 19, 2007 - Wednesday 

Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

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Blazin Streets Interview

 

Currently listening:
Rise to Power
By Rick Ross
Release date: 18 September, 2007
December 19, 2007 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  uncomfortable
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Click the link below to read my interview with IMStyles. Let me know what you think in the comments!

IMStyles Interview

 

Currently listening:
Live in Berkeley
Release date: 04 September, 2007
November 29, 2007 - Thursday 

Current mood:  artistic
Category: Podcast

Click the link below to listen to my exclusive radio interview on The L-Down

The L-Down With Special Guest Mr. Wise From I Love New York 2  

Currently listening:
Tha Carter II
By Lil Wayne
Release date: 06 December, 2005
November 29, 2007 - Thursday 

Current mood:  pleased
Category: Blogging

Mr. Wise was charged with being "emotionally unavailable" on I Love New York 2, but in real life, that's not at all how he is. After the jump, he spills his guts and talks everything from about Pretty's hasty departure to staying in touch with his ex, Kia to why appearing on the show hurt his rap career to how he wishes that he would have kicked Tailor Made's ass when he had the chance.

Were you surprised to be eliminated?

I wasn't 100 percent surprised to be eliminated. I was getting to the point where I was a little frustrated. I wasn't that happy in the circumstances and I think that New York was feeling it.

What was making you frustrated and unhappy?

The main thing was what happened with Pretty. And the questions that they were asking my ex. They were real disgusting questions. Questions that were too personal. I mean, I understand TV, entertainment. It's reality, it's funny, but some of this stuff is just overboard.

Like sexual type of stuff?

They were asking questions about my parents. I had stated to New York that my immediate parents aren't available one of my parents is a disabled vet. She got real personal and said something to [ex-girlfriend Kia] like, "Is his dad cuckoo?" I just thought it was a little too personal. They were just trying to dig into stuff that they shoulda just left alone.

You mentioned Pretty. What was your take on his exit?

I feel bad. I think Pretty got one of the worse deals. They were always leaning towards him being gay. I know Pretty from the show and I know he was raised by his mom and his sisters, so I mean, I don't think he's gay at all. I think he's just pretty, you know? There are guys that are a little extra. They get their nails done, they like to look good. I just think he was one of those guys. What New York and her mother do and what the show does is they put your personality under a microscope so any small little thing that is questionable, they'll blow it out of proportion. When his sister came and they started asking her personal questions like ,"Have you ever seen his penis?" and stuff like that, I just felt that he found that very disrespectful. I think it took him over the top to where he was just like, "I had enough."

With all of this said, in your exit interview you said that you'll always have love for New York.

There's a thin line between love and hate. I respect New York. There's a lot of things they don't show you on camera. Me and New York bonded, obviously. Everyone says, "How did you last so long and nobody ever sees you?" Due to editing, they wanted me to be remembered as the dude that got spit at that was my debut to the world. But after that, they didn't even show me. The reality of it is, me and New York did have a connection on the spiritual and emotional level that they didn't show. And I have love for her. It goes back to her two personalities. The one personality that I got along with is a real person, like a straight up, cool person who you could hang out with and talk. Then there's a part of her, I don't know if that's her TV personality that's over the top, or what. That I really didn't get along with. She was just too nasty about stuff.

A few times in that episode they describe you as being closed off or emotionally unavailable. Did you agree?

I agree to a point. The best way to explain it is I've been through a lot. My life wasn't really easy, and it takes time to get to trust me, and me to trust you. The reality is that in the time that they are filming, they want you to fall in love with New York, and you don't get enough time with her to make that possible. Anybody saying that they love her, is not being true. Granted, it is entertainment but I can't…there are some things that I won't touch just for entertainment. I'm not gonna tell a woman "I love you," for TV, if I don't mean it. She's stressing that I wouldn't go that extra mile and say "I love you," and I was telling her straight up, "I need to get more time with you so I could see what we're really like." I guess maybe my downfall is that I take love a little too serious. I took the show a little too serious. Maybe some of the other guys just took it as having fun and said whatever she wanted them to say. That clashes with my personality because I'm too much of a realistic person.

Which guys did you end up bonding with?

Buddha. Obviously he does movies and TV, but I also thought he was real, real person. Like when there was a lot of conversations we had that me and Buddha were actually on the same wave length. And Midget Mac, for as funny as he is and as much of a character as he is. Me and Buddha and Mac clicked like all together like right away.

What about Tailor Made? After the spitting incident, we didn't see much interaction between you and him.

I feel like I shoulda hit him. That's the reality of everybody saying, "You shoulda hit him!" But I just got to the house I went through hell to get there with the Internet votes. If I were to hit him, I would have just got there to leave. It's not like we were on the lunch line and he spit at me, and I could knock his ass out and all that would happen is I'd get suspended. This is something I worked so hard to get on this show and meet New York and then just get kicked off for something so stupid…I kinda sold myself short. After editing, I'm mad at myself because that's all they really show of me. That's the only time they really showed me on the whole show was me getting spit at, that's how I'm remembered. Everything that I displayed on TV was not acting. It was my frustration that you see. If it was on a street if that happened anywhere else that kid would have left in an ambulance. After it happened, they kept us apart for two days. It was hard see him in the house after that happened. For two days I was going crazy. But they tried to keep me away from him as much as possible. He did everything in his power to kiss my ass after it happened. When I could be around him, like when there was food around, he was always like, "Mr. Wise do you want something to eat, man?" I mean, he did everything to try and change the mood of me, as hard as it was. He tried because if you watch him after that happened his whole MO changed a little bit.

Talk about how hard it was to get on the show via the Internet votes.

It consisted of a lot of promoting. You have to go out on the streets and get people to vote. I had to do massive email, massive MySpace bulletins, massive networking, going to radio stations and trying to get them over there, "Oh we got a local, you should vote for him."

And what was driving you? You really wanted to get to know New York that badly?

It was a mixture of a lot of things. I'm a big fan of Flavor of Love. I mean I'm a Public Enemy, a Flavor of Love fan right away and then falling in love with Flavor of Love, you fall in love with I Love New York. It's just a cycle. I was watching a rerun one day, and they showed the thing to go online and vote. So everybody in the room looks at me, like "I can imagine you on that show. Go online and do it!" I originally did it for fun and as a fan. But then my votes just started going more and more and more and more then I realized, yo I could really do this, ya know and it can't hurt my music career. I've been a hip hop artist for ten years, it can't hurt me. But the honest truth is it did. It did hurt my music career.

Really?

Yeah, it did. I've always had a fan base. I've always done shows. I've opened up for Wu-Tang, I've opened up for Redman, I've opened up for OutKast. I've always been in the industry. I've always been doing music as an underground hip hop artist. I've always had a fan base, but now It's much, much bigger. Millions of people are viewing me on TV, but it hurts me. The fact that I get spit on, on national TV, as a hip-hop artist and don't do anything…the number 1 thing about the hip-hop industry is street cred. I took a big chance, I lost a lot by doing that. At the end of the day, I'm a human being. Peple forget that R. Kelly was having sex with15-year-old kids. People forget that Michael Jackson molested kids. As soon as they come out with a hit, people forget. The public is forgiving. So I have to use that to my advantage and hope that this show didn't hurt me as much as I think it did. It's me, so I'm always gonna exaggerate and make it worse then it is.

But do you regret doing the show, then?

I don't live by regret. I believe and it's clichéd to say, but I believe everything happens for a reason I don't know the reason and I beat myself up everyday in the head about it. I just hope that in the end there is something. I made the choices that I've made and I have to live with it and I hope it is for a reason and that I how I live my life.

As a fan of the show, what did you think about the White Boy comparisons?

At first, I didn't like it, but I understand the entertainment value now. But really, there is no comparison. The only comparison that me and him have is I think his father's Jewish and my father's Jewish. And he's from Miami and I've lived in Miami for over 8 years. That's it. He has a star of David tattoo, and I have a star of David tattoo. But when you break down the type of person that we are and you can watch the show, we're two different people.

What about Kia? It seemed like you might still have feelings for her?

I called her once while I was there because I had a feeling that she was coming to the show. I wanted to make sure that they contacted her. I didn't want them bringing around some random girl that wasn't my ex to cause problems. The fact of the matter is I can't hide that me and Kia are friends. She was there when my grandfather passed away. She is one of my best friends. I said this to New York: I don't burn bridges for the fact that she did nothing to me. What you didn't see is that I told New York, if you and me were to get serious and things go on to the next level, Kia would have to respect that I would have to let her go.

What's up with your music?

We just wrapped the single which is thing song "Be My Girl" it actually has a lot to do with the show. It's about finding love, real love and fake love and finding the difference between the two of them. We're hoping to get some buzz off of it. I'm never gonna stop doing music. I did it way before I did the show, I'm gonna do it way after the show. If I get somewhere, great. If I don't, it's something I love doing. And I have my own business which is Wise Owl Music which focuses on music production and artist management. On the weekends, I run my own music studio. I have a degree in audio engineering.

Finally, looking back on the show, did you have a good time?

I coulda had a better time. I made the best out of what it was with the hand that was dealt. You gotta understand that I am a regular dude. I never been in a situation like that in my life, and the only thing I regret is taking it too serious. I shoulda had more fun with it. I went in there too serious with a game plan that I was gonna be real, and I was. I was myself through the whole time but, you know at the same time, it's a show. It's entertainment.

Currently listening:
American Gangster
By Jay-Z
Release date: 06 November, 2007
October 21, 2007 - Sunday 

Current mood:  excited
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Check out the interview that Andrew Moreno did with me for De Novo Magazine. Just click the link below!

Mr. Wise Interview

Currently listening:
Floacism (with Bonus DVD)
By Floetry
Release date: 18 November, 2003