Yuppery yup!

I started doing fewer.. then only 2.. now as my meeting is tomorrow.. maaan. I hope everyone loves this album as much as I do.

The last Jean Grae verse. Yeah I said I was whittling down before.. but deadlines got pushed back.. blibbidy blah.. so.. I kept making some nice little side money.. who doesn't like that?

Who wants in?

I'll even do it today.. cause I'm vurrry prolific. lol.


Thank you once again to EVERYONE I got to collaborate with, I had a blast.. a lot of the concepts were REALLY dope.. Good luck and kudos to all the really cool emcees I worked with.. Best of luck on all your future endeavors.

$1000... going once.. going twice...

jgthephoenix@gmail.com

Guys.. I really appreciate beat sendings, mixtape sendings, but wait til after today, ok?

Who loves ya?


Jeanie baby!

Hope you're all having a fab summer right now. Talk to you soon.

In anticipation of my show at Joe's Pub this saturday.. that's right.. THIS SATURDAY FEB 21st...

I've posted up some of my "love songs" from various projects and albums.

I figured it was a cool time to do a different kind of show... no threatening the audience..wait.. I dunno.. I can't promise that.. but

OK.. no "HEY GUYS MOVE ABOUT TO AND FRO AND GET TIRED" yelling at the audience..

Hip hop is versatile and has many moods, as do we all... So the good folks at Joe's Pub were totally down for the idea to have a real lovely evening.

Come out, sit down...enjoy some music, have some adult beverages.. it's Saturday...
Bring your friends, your parents, your kids, your lovers, your potential lovers, your exes, your potential exes, the lovers of your potential exes that you're trying to confront.. WHATEVER...

Just come out.

It would be nice to know I still have the love and support of NYC.
I know y'all go out to see shit, just sometimes, not me.. and it hurts.. a lil bit.. right there.. in my spleen.

See y'all Saturday! (or die)

So..
HEY!

Umm.. wow.. It's always a crazy time of year, this birthday especially...
When I spoke to Len earlier, I said, "I can remember my 21st B Day.. being like .. WE GONNA GET FUCKED UP!!!"

On my 32nd B Day, it's "I gotta got to the supermarket... OMG I have to prep so much for Thanksgiving.. ow.. my back.." lol
I will say, I would never want to relive anything and I am ecstatic about this age, time in my life and maturity.. PLus, I still get ID'ed for shit.. so who cares.

Sooooooooooooooooo

NEW MUSIC FOR YOU!!!

A little prelude of what's to come, produced by Fatin (thank you for confirming that).

It's nice to feel like my offensive asshole caring self again.

For those of you in traveling distance or in NY already.. a reminder..

Jean Grae
with
Derrin Maxwell
and
my brother from another mother ..Mr Len
with EXTREMELY awesome guests

Sunday November 30th, 2008
Highline Ballroom
$15 ADV $18 DOS
Jill Newman Productions (thank you Jill)

All other info you can always check my Facebook and RSVP the show!!!!

WHOO HOOO!!!

It's gonna be an amazing family night.. please come out and celebrate with us.

Yeah, it's the new blog.
So the ones here don't have to be so "guess what the fuck I did today".

go get er!

Life With Jeannie

I've added two songs to my page....
One is the "original prank" version of "Say Something"

The first time I had heard the song, I thought "gee guys.. awful lot of NIGGAS up in that tune.. "
So I asked, because it was relevant at the time, if this, was perhaps "The Michael Richards" tune of the album.
No one REALLY laughed.
The night I went to record it in the studio, I wrote the REAL verse pretty quick, then decided to record a prank verse to send to Kweli in LA in the studio first. I would of course send the REAL one directly after.
I believe it was Will I AM, Kanye and some others in the studio listening when Kwe received the track.
I could imagine them all sitting there, waiting for it..
Then that happened..
I don't think they thought it was too funny.
But I fucking think it's hilarious.

The second was done after I was finished doing drops in the studio....
He left his rhymes behind.. I couldn't resist.. lol..
There's some others of these floating about.... rappers like leaving their rap words strewn about.

enjoy.

This blog isn't about music, or business, or anything that might make me rip someones face off Hannibal style. No..
This is a short list of things I experienced last week that either brought a smile to my face, or made me just wanna laugh so hard that I peed myself. In some cases, both.
Well, I didn't actually pee. I just felt the urge to.

1.) Small black child running across street with comic book in hand.

Driving up 6th avenue, I'd say about King street, headed to what we THOUGHT was Stranger Than Fiction playing for a limited engagement at the IFC theater.....
looked out the window on my side, there was a black (I'm not being weird and race involved, but the story is better because he IS black) child, about 9 years of age, clutching a comic book and heading out of the street onto the sidewalk.
Around 3 seconds after I looked at him, he proceeded to jump up and click his heels in an apparent state of glee.
OMG. I immediately turned... "Did you see that??"
"Yup"
I was so glad that I wasn't the only one who saw it.
I have got to say, I have NEVER.. NEVER seen a black kid SO damn happy that he jumped up and did the official "life is amazing" click your heels together move.
I love that kid.. I will always remember that..
I'm guessing that he just got the comic and was so totally content, that at that moment, a pumping fist in the air with a "YESSSSSSS" sound, a, "WHEEEE!!!', or any other declaration would not do nearly as well as the movie move that he executed.
Awesome kid.


2.) SNL Debate bt Obama and McCain sketch

McCain calling Obama "Pee pants"
Mc Cain and Obama wandering in front of the camera so Tom Brokaw couldn't see the prompter..
Fucking hilarious..

3.) Patton Oswalt on XM Comedy talking about Heavy Metal videos

His take on how they were all shot in factories that manufactured sparks...(HHHAHAA fuck off)

Then....

Talking about how when the started to rock out really hard, that the power of them rocking would transform things.. ...
But the noise he made to set off the transformation was "SQUIBBLEEFLABELEEEEDOOOOOO!!!!

Oh shit.."squibbleflabbeleedoooo!!" has been running its course as a phrase this week. Here's the link...PLEASE ENJOY
Patton Oswalt

4.) Trying to Find Corner Bistro with Livingroom.

We got out a cab... walked.. got directions.. walked... walked some more.. got real directions... upon finding it was 3 1/2 blocks away, he was like "fuck this..let's get a cab"..
Getting in the cab and saying " I'm sorry.. we're really, really fucking lazy"....driving the 3 1/2 blks to find it FULL of yuppipsters. EW. No thank you..
Blue Ribbon instead.

5.) Watching the entire first season of Heroes.

That's all. Really good show.. Like REALLY.. Like.. to hell with the X-Men movies.. this shit is killer..
Highlight FROM the show, Hiro the Japanese time traveler saying, "Great-o Scott-o!!!!"

Nice writing..

6.) Playing Scattergories with D, Kwame, Scott and Bazarro.

Bazarro answering "ethnic cleansing" for "e" and "bad habits".
Then having the nerve to demonstrate it, throwing his hands up and looking up to the sky, "if I could just stop this ethnic cleansing!!! AGGGHHH! WHY?!?!?!?"

Fuck you Bazarro lololololololol..

I think that's all I can remember right now.. I'm cleaning the kitchen floor, quite like Cinderelli and the bleach is fogging my mind..

word up kiddies enjoy the read.

I used to be a party animal.

Not in the "girls gone wild" shouting loudly and flashing people sort of way..
I could never really understand that "whoooo!! OOOWWW!" scream that seems to permeate the crowd when trying to express, "oh my God, look how much FUN I'm having!"

No.
But I was a drinking champion and party hound.
As Len told me the other day, I would become quite belligerent and hostile towards.. well.. everyone.. Mostly very (pause) large bouncers.
I mean, I KNEW this... but large quantities of henny and 151, or pint glasses full of Strong Islands will at some point during the night make you invincible...
That, or throw up on yourself and pass out.

Mostly I didn't do too much of the passing out.. but there were definitely a few times.. OUCH.

There was the night with Masta Fuol, when he climbed in the trunk of the cab... but thats after Peter Oasis made us do Yager and Goldshlager shots at SOB's.
We'd already had a bottle of SoCo.
No one got hurt.. It was just hilarious hearing everyone recount separate tales the next day..

There was Len's show upstate?? was it?
When Sear kept pulling out the comedians mic cause he was being an ass.
You didn't threaten us.. Dummy..
You don't know the antics we have in store for you.

Countless hilarious moments... being able to break night and still keep going.
Ahh..
New York was a different time then as well.

I say this to begin the new chapter of going out again...
I haven't really been out on the town in a looooong time.
I think it's healthy to a certain extent, not to get shitfaced, but just to SHOW my face and say "I'm not dead".
Whether it was relationships, or just not feeling very social at the time.. I definitely distanced myself from any sort of musical or party scene.
Today I really feel like getting out and seeing what's going on.
Been too long.

Difficult thing to "assimilate back into human culture" lol.. as I've been saying, but I think it's important.
I'm gonna try to not be as much of an asshole (hahaha) as I am and be social and pleasant.

Hey.. for all of us New Yorkers over a certain age and in relationships, it's some difficult shit to get out the house, but it's not too hot outside.... there's a few interesting parties going on and shoot man, it's just healthy to socialize..

Hope to see you out if you're in the NY, I'm sure you know the spots to be at tonight.

I promise not to threaten bouncers and get kicked out.. lol..

I won't say much, til I know more..

The producers are very cool and it's not their fault, so don't fault them.

I didn't have anything to do with Orchestral Files either.
Or that fun deluxe 2 disc edition Orchestral Files.

I really, really don't want to go to jail.
I don't think I'd like it there. Female rappers are going to jail at an alarming rate. I don't wanna go. It's becoming hard to NOT do things that would get me there however.


Gonna go eat some chicken wings. Cause chicken wings always make you feel better.

I like you guys.

so you get to see what kind of fun emails I get.
Feel free to contact this person at your own will.

Oh.. the songs are going dope!
I gotta figure out how to switch my top friends. It's not letting me.

ok read on!

RE: Craiglist Ad Inbox
"tysteady@eml.cc"
to me
More options 1:43 pm (2 hours ago)
How much are you charging for sex? fuck the beats.....
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--http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different...


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Thats just fucking stupid.

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Yeah your right, very corny

but I have a question, will you give a 16 to anybody? do you worry about
this affecting your value as an artist? I don't really mind, but I heard
some grips by the online community


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Thats great. You really expect to hold a decent, logical and respectful conversation with me after initiating contact with disrespect? I swear, sometimes I truly wish that peoples only level of communication was verbally, in person. You would have gotten knocked the fuck out.

Fuck on out my inbox.
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FUCK YOU BROKE BITCH Inbox
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tysteady@eml.cc

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LOL.. alrighty. internet thug. Have a good day .

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sigh.

That sounds terrible, really..
LOL.

But I had a blast recording it, he was professional and fun about the whole thing. Prompt and efficient..
So Soul Daddy, if you're here..

Let the people know its cool, quickfast and REAL.
I appreciate working with you. Totally fun.

Thank you also to everyone who is responding..
I worked with him first because everything was on point.
Idea, instructions, requests, money and some humor as a bonus.

I'll let him tell you more.

WHOO HOO!!!
Rock on.

jg