Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Ha! Now this is something to think about next time you (and I) post on FB Or Twitter how much of a blast we're having in Vegas...

So in the midst of me completing my piece from A3C...editing video as we speak, my Mother brought this to my attention. This is very interesting, and I've always said that everyone doesn't need to know your every move on social networks... and that Facebook, Twitter, and the new Checking In App, allows entirely too much access for strangers and familiar faces alike, especially with that whole "Uber Twitter" thing that gives your locale... geez, if I still had that stalker..I would be SOL...also check out this website hilariously, but truthfully entitled: http://www.pleaserobme.com/ .



Monday, October 4, 2010

Night Owls Anonymous...

Monday is upon me and I'm a wreck yet again...but a good wreck...if there is a such thing...As you may or may not have known the BET Hip Hop Awards were here this past weekend, and I wish I could tell you "I was all up in that"...but the truth of the matter is, I wasn't. Although, I was promised a ticket and everything...blah blah blah, ATL media really got sh**ed on with their presence, so yeah I was definitely sleeping most of day on Saturday, missed the BET Pre party with Sean Garrett...I won't lie, I was tired and beat from the night before at the Interscope and Belvedere 's



 shin-dig and Clark Atlanta's Alumni Party. You know sometimes I think that I may be a lousy journalist when it comes to this stuff, because I'm not a party animal or anything, (people really don't believe it when I tell them I hate being in the streets, cause' when I'm in my six inch stilettos, I'm really wishing I was in my glow-in-the dark toe socks.)...but then I remember I have two featured articles in Street Report's magazine with Big Boi and Dereck J for October and November, and then I don't feel so bad. :)



Speaking of which, while I was at the Interscope party at Ventana's, a beautiful, breathtaking venue I might add, Ventana's is Italian for "windows" and that's all you see when you get to the high rise spot, and a rooftop set up that will make anyone feel like someone.




Anyways, I got a interview with Lloyd ( "Get it shawty", "Lay it down", although I already know him), Nate Walker ( co-wrote Jamie Foxx's "Blame It", who put me on to my new fav hangout spot for Saturday's..Noni's), and Kenny Johnson A&R for Interscope Records. It was cool even had my brother up in the spot with me.





Terrance and Rocsi came thru, chatted with Terrance a little before they were whisked away to the CAU party. It was really a lot going on that night and traffic was crazy...I even kicked it with my boss a little...trying to see if I could slide a raise into the convo...it got me $50 extra, so I GUESS it worked...                                                                        



 Shantell from Young Money and her Chanel shoes...I'll be honest they were more important to me than her...LOL WHATTTTTT!?




Comedian Alex Thomas (right), cool dude and that's my bro Chris on the left...I swore these two knew each other the way they were chatting it up...I was in the middle of saying something in this pic...I look weird LOL


 So that sums up my weekend... got to submit this write up to my editor and I have another studio session with Skot tonight, he sent me a crazy headbanger track that I can't wait lay down! All I can say is man LIVE.LOVE.LIFE.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Little Ms. Busy "B"

Yeah...guilty as charged I've been sooooo busy it doesn't make any sense! I knew once I picked up doing journalism again that my blog would be like a step child to me *sigh* I didn't mean for it to happen that way, but I've been bringing the sun up for the last 4 weeks now covering various events in ATL (which I'll get to momentarily)  and I'm beat...anytime I do have time to myself...I sleep...and not regular sleep...like coma sleep...like blazing and having crazy sex then passing out sleep...like downing 3 Long islands and...well you get the idea...



RECAP:
I test drove the 2011 Porsche Cayenne at the Porsche Dance at Dusk event, exchange info w/ two super producers there...not really into dropping names like that...just know they're significant :)


I went salsa dancing at Havanna Club, had a blast and the next day I wanted a whole new pair of feet because I thought I was on Dancing with the Stars.

Went the Res concert who is an incredible singer from some time ago and she finally dropped her second album Black.Girls.Rock. (check her out here), did the interview after the show, mind you this was after leaving the Porsche event, my hair was too through!




Interviewed Zo! from the Justice League, which was really cool, went to the listening party, but was late so me and my cuzo Jon-Jon walked around Little 5 points for a bit, met the owner of a tattoo shop who wouldn't mind working w/ us on a tattoo party...more about that later..and of course you're invited :)

From there went to a get together at the Eyedrum in the art district and saw some incredible pieces of work.



... and then to Luckie Lounge for another friend of friend's B-day celebration...by the end of the night I lost that friend because he's insecure...long story thing is we were'nt even dating, but then gained a new one :)

 
Yeah so the guy is mixing a shot called Liquid Nitrogen....yeah...so of course I had to get one...


                              
 It was sweet and very potent...I was hesitant at first...cause' I mean c'mon...there's smoke coming from it!

                                                                                         

Needless to say I had a good time :)....






Had a photoshoot with a couple of associates for http://www.stylesbyteri.com/ for their hair and makeup portfolios...which was fun! I was told to be a sexy, edgy , lesbian...yeah not sure if I pulled that one off but this is what I came up with lol



Caught a cold from my niece...kids and their freakin elementary school germs....ewwww!

I interviewed Derek J ('Hair Battle Spectacular, Good Hair, Real Housewives of ATL...you know the short guy in heels)...he'a a total sweetheart..which reminds me I need to make my hair appointment with him, since he did tell me to bring my butt on down there...and I shall do what I'm told.

Broke the handle on my Louis Vuitton...ughhh

Went to Compound on Friday night, VIP style and was like 3 couches down from Wale...yes Wale, and I'm such a goof ball that I gave 4 of my friends access that I forgot to give myself, so while my guests were meeting him I was stuck with the sercurity guard whose pleasure was my pain...we made ammends by the end of the night though. Can't find the pics for this, the one night I forgot my camera ...which really blows cause' no one could tell me and my girl nothing (in my Kanye voice)

Let's see what else...oh yeah this past weekend was the Atlanta Classics, FAMU and TSU game, so I had friends come up from Tallahassee, as well as an ex *sigh* I do love my Trey, he was like my 2nd love lol
Hit the game up on Saturday, where FAMU lost for the first time in seven years, so that was a bummer...and then got a ticket..jerks...

From the box :)

In all this I managed to make an appointnment with SESAC on Oct. 8th for them to finally hear my work, and I feel pretty good about it, I will be in the studio this week working on that with producer Skot Free (Stankonia),I forsee that being a very fruitful friendship.

I still have interviews to extract and videos to edit....LAWD!

And my editor just texted me asking my availability for this week since the BET Hip Hop Awards are going to be in town...does anyone have a couple of 5 hour energy's? I think I'm going to need some...oh and a hug...

Thank you God for keeping me busy...

check out the rest of my pics here:

Monday, September 13, 2010

The Highlights, The Lowlights, and the ISH we won't remember from the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards

The Highlights




Lady Gaga took home 8 of her 13 nominations, including Video of the Year, proving that her hype isn’t just some fly by night stroke of luck…although her attire would say otherwise (hence the “meat” get up), but you know how the world is…the weirder the better, but the thing about Gaga is that she’s an actual talent, which she proved by singing/shameless plugging her upcoming album “Born this way”…and I honestly think that there is some truth to her logic.

Taylor Swift-Everyone was so hung up on last year’s fiasco between Kanye and Taylor Swift, when in actuality, I think it was publicity stunt…but hey that’s just me, I am a self proclaim conspiracy theorist on special occasions, but Taylor gave a great performance singing “Innocent” , sounding as though she was sympathizes with Mr. West…"Thirty-two and still growing up now; who you are is not what you did," she sang softly, adding: "You're still an innocent." Awwwww



Kanye West Performance- I don’t care how many times Kanye gets diarrhea of the mouth, I still manage to fall in love with him all over again with his lyrical linguistics. MTV was right to save the best for last otherwise I would’ve turned back to the Redskins game long time ago. West’s red suit set off the stage as he sang his new song “Runaway” that goes a something like….
“Let’s have a toast for the douche bags,
let’s have a toast for the assholes,
let’s have a toast for the scumbags,
every one of them that I know
let’s have a toast to the jerk offs….

*sigh of relief* I’m so glad our Kanye is coming back to us :) Message to Kanye: Don’t be so hard on yourself kiddo, without you being a realist and saying the ish that we think all the time…what voice would we really have?



Cher- presented the Video of the Year in the same outfit she wore in her music video “If I could turn back the hands of time’’ in 1989, you know the one that got banned from MTV with the battleship and all, yeah that one, and we all know what she meant by wearing that outfit… “ You bitches aren’t the first to do this ish ok?”; but either way Cher looked fantastic! What is she like 72!? She must have the fountain of youth in her back yard. :)

Linkin Park Performance- at the Griffith Observatory …damn it I love these guys! And this had to have been like the best ambiance for a show….outside while the sun was just setting, up on one of the highest hills in L.A., it was f-ing beautiful! The band performed their new song “The Catalyst” from their forth coming album entitled ‘A Thousand Suns”.





Read more...(The Highlights, The Lowlights, And the ISh we won't remember)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

My interview w/ Big Boi during the Heineken Inspire Tour...Music.Recognition.Respect. And oh yeah free beer!

September 4, 2010 was a great day for me...why you ask? Well because Jermaine Dupri and DJ Trauma showed what real dj-ing really is (to all you dj's with the turntable front and just use an Mac book Pro), I got to see Goodie Mob, Bun B, and Big Boi perform, and speaking of Sir Lucious Left Foot, I got an interview with the Southern Royalty as we chatted about how the radio sucks, his current tour, and the work he's already putting in on his follow up album Daddy Fat Sax: Soul Funk Crusader.  Read More...

Friday, September 3, 2010

Moet Rose' Lounge Presents Ne-Yo's "Champagne Life Celebration" for his new album Libra Scale


I went to the Ne-Yo's listening party for his forth studio album entitled Libra Scale the other night (Sept. 1, 2010) at MF Sushi in Buckhead....besides it being one of the most unorganized events I've ever covered, and him being escorted out as my photographer Jay Wiggs and I were about to walk into the media room for our 1 on 1...you know what, I won't lie, there really wasn't an upside lol...that's just the screw side of the biz...
But dont get wrong, I'm a huge fan of Ne-Yo's work, I mean "Champagne Life" is getting all kinds of spins on the radio and I can guarantee that I'll be two stepping whenever it comes on, like most of his tracks. But not only does this album have some bangers on it, but it also visually follows a story plot in six extended music videos...Read more...





Tuesday, August 31, 2010

This is what my brain looks like when I'm brainstorming...

                                       
Soooo alot has been going on with the kid, I've been getting tracks left and right, one in which I'm super excited about because if I come hard lyrically like I know I can, it can mean something major for me...so actively working on that. I've been getting emails from other publications (The Goods Mag and Street Report), been to Jacksonville and back on some red eye ish without telling anyone for a much needed meeting of the minds, and geez just being in the right places at the right time lol

What I'm learning is that I can't say yes to everything though, I'm going to burn myself out. I used to think that I was this super woman with a cape that could do any and everything, which proved to be my kryptonite, not the kush,  because I hadn't mastered the art of time management.

And speaking of which, I have to wrap this up because I have to be a my girlfriends house in an hour to do here makeup for her photoshoot...yes I'm a guru at makeup application...I'm truly a Jackie of all trades, but without time management...I'm just Jackie...and that just sounds so blah...

Also in this post...

Ent. Purposes Only: New Music-Jack Freeman "Figure it out"

Travel and Food: How to eat a Maryland Blue Crab

Love,Sex,Relatioships: How would you react...

Spirituality: Message in a Bottle

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Phene & DJ Dub Floyd Tribute to Pete Rock (Directed by Stephen Philms)




Phene and DJ Dub Floyd are a dangerous duo out here in Atlanta, and it's only a matter ot time before they become a household name. Read More..

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Tialiae-New Artist Im working with

This is Tialiae...a new artist that I'm going to be working with... she's from New Jersey and oh girl is only 18 years old! Here she is covering India Arie's "I am ready for Love" .... check her out!





Aslo in this post: Travel/ Food: I ate Caviar for the first time!

Love, sex, relationships: Dear B, Why would she...,

Spirituality: My very own Garden of Gethsemane

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Road To 8 Mile MC Battle-Atlanta



I had a blast at the Road to 8 Mile MC Battle, courtesy of Redbull and Emimnem, hosted by D.R.E.S tha Beatnik, whom can put both Dougie Fresh and Razall to shame in the beat-boxing department hands down! The judging was done by DJ Don Cannon, Bun B, and ManChild...and they meant business...read more

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

New Music from Andre 3000 "I Do" What cha think?



New music from the incomparable Andre 3000, and long awaited I might add. I heard it last night on Hip Hop 10 XM radio and was blown away, like a legend had step back into the room or something; it's entitled "I Do",and if you're like me, then you've been waiting for 3 stacks to grace us with his signature sick flow for some time now, and he never disappoints. I actually like to think he was talking about me in this song "nothings more attractive than a heavy praying woman..." "we'll call her Love 22,she'll tote a 22"...hey a girl can dream...check it out!





I Do - Andre 3000 by jozenc

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

In lieu of Wyclef Jean running for President of Haiti... I thought this was appropriate...see how things are spoken into existence

I'm working man! :)

For some reason I couldn't upload this video into the music section of my blog...where it's supposed to be, but anyways this is a snippett of a session with Sommer Melody, a current Universal artist that is recording one of my songs for my SESAC demo entitled "Lose Control". Her voice is so light and beautiful, I thought it would be great for this song and the beat was done by Grammy nominated producer Tai Rotan who you also see in the video...I call this the "Beginnings" :)


I layed this down as well with my brother's friend Alto. It's a Hustle and Flow set up lol, but whatever works man...I'll record just about anywhere lol...The track, although you can't hear it, was done by my homey DJ Clean, its a crazy track too! So shout out to him... I'll post the finished product soon enough :)


Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Creative Process: Where are you?

I'm at the "Honestly is this any good?" sign...how did I end up there? ...damn...GPS (Generation of Personal Sabotage)...


Also in this post: Ent. Only: Kanye West Performs for Twitter and Travel and Food: The Strip's Lobster Burger

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The only thing better than an invention...is the reinvention...My blog revamps as my life does

I am pleased to have my new blog, it feels so much more vibrant!

My friend told me the other day that I sound so pissed in my blog and it just so happen as I was looking through my blog posts earlier that day I felt the same way! Like an angry little black girl or something...and I had to ask myself " is that really who I am?" and if so, "how can I change that... ASAP!"

My friends certainly wouldn't describe me that way, but I know that just changing a few colors on my blog wouldn't do the entire trick either, so I've been doing a tad bit of soul searching this past week, and did some activities out of this neat little book entitled The 5 Book Where will you be five years from today? by Dan Zadra. It's truly awesome and it really stimulated me mentally, physically, and emotionally. It allowed me to view facets in my life differently as well as relight the flames in others. My approach to everything is definitely altered and I like it! I think you will to.

So from now on, I'll be posting in the respective areas in the tabs, as time progresses, I imagine more of those popping up. The general area will direct you to what my hands are in that day. :)

Friday, July 16, 2010

NBC new Sitcom "Outsourced" ...This is some str8 bull**it...


I've been gone for a minute with the "wees!" and woes of the world, but I'm back now...maybe I'll get back to them in a post, maybe I won't, either way I would like to touch on NBC's "more colorful" approach to their fail...I mean Fall season line up :)

I was watching television, which is something I hardley ever do ( and this is one of the reasons why), but this commercial for this sitcom "Outsource" reared it's ugly head and I was appalled! Like how could you possible make a joke, and TV series at that, about outsourcing, when we're still in an economic downturn and outsourcing was the solution for many major and minor companies but proved to be a direct issue of displacement to Americans due to the millions of lay offs?

Now those same Americans that NBC RELIES on for ratings are being subject to this blantant disregard to REAL life because they live in Tinsel Town... it's like a slap in the face. And as much as I would like to post the trailer to display the slapstick bafoonery, I'm afraid that the droplet of American patriotism that I do have won't allow me to give them anymore free publicity. That is all...

Comments STRONGLY encouraged on this one...

Friday, July 2, 2010

M. Night SHAM!...B/C that's what he did to one of the greatest cartoons ever made...


F-ing M. Night Shyamalan...He strikes....out... again!

Soooooo I love this cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nickalodeon, I've been watching it for several years now and it's ingenious in it's concept, so naturally when they said they were making it into a movie I was stoked! But when I found out that M. Night Shyamalan (Sixth Sense, The Village, Lady in the Water, Signs)...or whatever his name is, was directing it...it was like someone ran over my dog.

I believe this director set out to be the black sheep of Hollywood...seriously because every movie he's made, with the exception of Sixth Sense, was whack! He's like a one hit wonder trying to get that old thing back. His entire movies are the previews, everything else in between is filled with choppy scenes and cliff hanger endings. I just want to know who is on his team telling him "Yo this shit is hot man! The people are going to love this when they leave the theatre"...they have to be the ultimate "yes men"...I'm convinced.





And sure enough this guy trashed one of my fav cartoons man. Me and my homey knew something was up when everyone came out of the movie theatre with the "boo boo" face and one chick even said she wanted to get her money back. Truthfully, it was like a 7 on a scale of 1-10. Now don't get me wrong, Aang (Noah Ringer) had some serious moves, but this was so easy, the formula was there, it didn't even need to be tampered with at all! Aang should've been whipping more ass and the acting should've been better...bottom line. Sokka (Jackson Rathborne...who is this guy?) sucked...Katara (Nicole Peltz)was cool...I guess, and I was surprised to see Dev Patel (Slum Dog Millionaire) playing Prince Zuko...he probably should try to the ride the Slum Dog wave a little longer though.

And at the end when Shyamalan's name came on the screen a dude "booed"...and I joined in of course (hehe) I couldn't help it! :)Screw this guy man! *throws up hands and walks out the room *