MATISYAHU, KOSHA DILLZ AND C RAYZ WALZ --CHILDHOOD

CHECK IT OUT GUYS...

THIS ROCKS...IN MY ADVENTURES I HOPE YOU ARE SAFE THIS NEW YEAR AND ENJOY THE TREAT:)

the original song is found on "The Dropping" LP by C Rayz Walz and is produced by Mr Green.

charles Hamilton-stein + kosha dillz

I met this guy above me at Public Assembly in Brooklyn. He saw my hat and said..woah...what up? what yourname? Kosha Dillz?

spit something..thats c rayz...
and this dude is like..cool ...i thought he was crazy and like never rapped before..then I find out he is all over....I trhink thats cool how we can just link up and start spitting and sometimes I dont do stuff like that. I go to find out that Ijust watch his video now and its him that sang this song...i like it:)

its fly....good luck charles...i hope you do well!!--shoot id rock with him.


ps we need to do the orhtadox Jewish girl brooklyn remix..yeah aint nothing like a brooklyn orthadox jewish chick from crown heights..way fresher than the girls in Cue garden Hills flushing queens.
haha

royce da 5'9 video ---oooh ahh

i canae across this guy....like offa turntable annhilists mixtape... this video is really fresh. It makes you wanna be a rapper. Shake off the bull crap and go in...

very good thing to listen to in the morning if you can't "shake off" that stuff that holds you down.


right??


Royce Da 5'9" - "Shake This" from Three/21 Films on Vimeo.

update on updates--marathon?

hey guys...im just gonna keep on blogging for now while a update you on how i update...
you will see new gadget and a whole new look of me. you will see lots of tour dates coming through and more cool stuff. I cant wait till my next tour becuase I havea feeling I am touring fora reason other than myself!! I watched a marathon movie yesterday called run fatboy run...and it looks like ...well im the fat boy and I need to runa marathon

i get excited with movies and all..but i seriously need to practice for 26.2 miles...shit ya know...? 26 miles in NYC is pretty far..i hope some of it is downhill...they say there is this waLL...BUT....i dont know what waLL IT CAN BE?
i am a marathon machine.

oh yeah my album is on itunes.

just go to i tunes and type my name...or

www.freestylevswritten.com

kosha dillz and DITC, UNI, EPMD, mac lethal grieves---more?

yo man sometimes you gotta be all smiles...great shows are great but when you kick it with great rappers at the great shows...that make it better
Im all happy for it man. Im havent blogged for a while but after I end up booking myself for some sick shows...it always make me say..hey...i love blogging..lemme remind yall I've been here for aminute. and the grind is starting to pay off!!

anyways..EPMD and DITC---whata privledge to go to 2 show slike this back to back in the nyc (sunday and monday)

and i got to be on stage at both of them!!


Big L
RIP
lord finesse
diamond d
psycho les of the beatnute
folk and stress UNI

all the homies...wha a great combo..
(not I am not homeis with DITC EPMD--but parish smith is cool as hell and some whack dude that rolled with DIAMOND D totally blocke dme from gettin his math--his distant cousin who writes songs for chrsitan aguiliera stunt double or something)

i jsut realized whileim typing thisblog..i need to be going to the mac lethal show..with grieves..and soulcrates...
wow...what aweird blog..uni--epmd..ditc---mac lethal..grieves...

thi is not typical..these are just the shows im going too!!





see yall soon...stay tuned!

yak ballz dirt empire video produced by Aesop Rock

here is a video that teaches you not to eat too much dirt..i think its pretty cool!!

word. I don;t why anyone would eat so much dirt...

were all programmed i gues it suggests...

yak ballz myspace

you can buy scifentology II if you havent gotten it yet..!! woot woot

hipster olympics

one day if i lose enough weight id love to sign up for this stuff..y aknow???


shoot!! enjoy your quest for the gold..and as always...kosha dilzlison itunes

thats te ultimate goal of you watching these videos..op into my brain of boredom and support my joy:)

soi can earn 10 cent forevery doollar you spend..and use my enbglish major to spell right in every blog!!

asher roth in the old days..!!

i like seeing that this guy puts in work...lotta people..hate..i say thats a mistake!





college looks fun right..its been a while..lol

i must be emo

i came across in my latest youtube adventures..i think its quite entertaining..i try to hope and be like this one time

and we should spell like as liek from now on

jew-no....yeah the movie

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

illa j and the kosha dillz URB MAGAZINE hat release

check this stuff out guys..i was out in LA at the temple bar for the rootdown and got to kick it with the homie illa j for a second. His boy frank nitty from frank and dank also took the stage and held it down plus djhouse shoes.

i wanted to just show you how cool i was becuase my hat got in URB MAGAZINE

i felt like this is awesome and the first step to actually being seen more in the mag.

whoop whoop...

illa j was great too.

beverly dillz

hey guys I gotta say its too intense to post pics on a mac even though its easier..couch surfin is one of my fortays and im struggling to get out of the apartment which so dearly holds my life...



please show me suport by giving me things such as money clothing or moral support of a therapist who is absent at this time:)
I wonder she doesnt pick up the phone...besides that super powers combine to bring me back to delivery boys unite:)

get the oil changed and lets keep t moving guys. we all got work to do. Ask jason Priestly...no ask hugh hefner

I AM BEVERLY DILLZ 90210

HOLIDAY VIDEO

whats up guys...im hoping youa re all well..Im in LA now and figure that I must treat you to my new advenutres...since it is a holiday I have been limiting my couch surfing to a minimum and even gota hotel for two days already in my 15 day trip!!


wow...


ok...so check the holiday video from my new LP....freestyle vs written

Barack Obama Victory speech--!! (kosha dillz big ups)

Coming from NJ, i wish i can say I was in chicago. i wanted to cry. i have to get more involved. i have to be there when the tiem is right. i have to take the chance to be bigger and go for it. Thank you Barack. We have basically nothing and everything in common. My whole family voted against you. But as a kid who was always different... more different than my family...and more different than anyone who still fantasizes about having a dream, i gota give it up to you bro. Thank you for the inspiration.

Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama—as prepared for delivery Election Night

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Chicago, Illinois

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House. And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics – you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.

I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime – two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, “We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.” And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.

For that is the true genius of America – that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing – Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons – because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America – the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall Overcome.” Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

MY FIRST POEM AFTER OBAMA FOR FUN

fun fun fun
lets have have it
new president and a shake in the step of sadness
party like its 1999 in 2008 9 years behind the mile that makes us money baby money like vegas punk rock
im a rock star too cheap to buy a guitar...so i rap with hopes that spin magazine makes me rich trailer trash
blue collar jew holler, fun time bee-yach...lets pop water bottles on the beach yacht so i can detox from the poopy times
late night din din with my girl baby girl yeah...groovy uzi..its movie time,,,

(i submitted this to a contest called "FUN" it aonly says submit FUN....and ill win a 50 dollar i tune card)


yeah baby yeah

they had a great play list on their myspace muxtape.

looking for a temporary stay in hollywood=dust

LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE FROM HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYWOOOOOOOOODDDDD


so i have been to hollywood before many timesguys. i always go out fora week at most and stay here and there and everywhere...

its quite horrible but beautiful at the same time. Now that i am grown up I am looking for affordable place t stay. So far i hit the jackpot with getting a great place to drive with "DELUXE" ren- a car

wow....

200 bucks for 15 days...


but check these guys out..and just tell me at 275 dollars a week youll stay at thier hotel...(OH HECK NO!!!)





DUSTY ADD IN CRAIGSLIST



talk about people who seriously get thier FREAK on


i have found some shady ass spots to stay at 275...a week
just a look...

DRUG STUFF FROM SPIN MAG...

Magazine
The Drugs Lists
By Spin Staff 06.26.03 3:00 AM

Ten Songs You Shouldn't Put on Your Friend's Good-bye Mix CD If He's Going Off to Rehab

"Cigarettes & Alcohol" Oasis
"Gin & Juice" Snoop Dogg
"Sorted for E's & Wizz" Pulp
"Who's Got the Crack" the Moldy Peaches
"Heroin" the Velvet Underground
"Purple Pills" D12
"I'm Your Pusher" Ice-T
"Drug Drug Druggy" Manic Street Preachers
"My Drug Buddy" the Lemonheads
"Let's Go Get Stoned" Ray Charles

The Five Most Coked-Up Songs Ever

"Cocaine," Eric Clapton
"White Horse," Laid Back
"Lit Up," Buckcherry
Every track on The Eagles' Hotel California
Every track on Fleetwood Mac's Tusk

Ten Things Believed Only by Stoners

The Black Crowes' Amorica is just an all-around stellar album.
Kyuss was the most important band of the '90s.
Valerie Bertinelli is so hot--and also so lucky.
The Clash should have made even more reggae songs.
Hendrix's "If 6 Was 9" is not only awesome, but also so true.
Quadrophenia is completely biblical.
The guitars on My Bloody Valentine's Loveless sound like whales having sex--and those whales are totally high.
That kid from the Streets is like Dylan or Lennon or something.
"The Man" is out to stomp on not only our buzz but also our right to download loosely executed songs featuring hand drums.
The Chronic is the best hip-hop album of 2002.

Top Five Alcoholic Beverages You'll Find in a Rapper's Dressing Room

Alizé
Hennessy
Cristal
Grey Goose
Courvoisier

Top Five Alcoholic Beverages You'll Find in a Rocker's Dressing Room

Smirnoff
Jack Daniel's
Budweiser
Wild Turkey
What the club gives you drink tickets for

Top Ten Reggae Songs About Kind Bud

"Legalize It," Peter Tosh

"One Draw," Rita Marley
"Macka Splaff," Steel Pulse
"Free Up the Weed," Lee Perry
"African Herbsman," Bob Marley
"Just a Little Herb," Aswad
"Let Me Blow My Smoke," the Ethiopians
"Ganja Smuggling," Eek-A-Mouse
"Good Load of Herb," Sizzla
"Legalize the Herb," Ninjaman

Things Ravers Do on Drugs

Rave
Explore K-holes, fall down, grab head in pain
Blow through Vicks inhaler tubes into one another's eyeballs (don't ask)
Wear big pants, grind teeth
Liquid dance
Exchange back rubs, go into cardiac arrest

Things Ravers Say on Drugs

"I'm mad old-school."

"I love you so much--Can I have another bump?"
"Do you have a pen cap or a key I can borrow?"
"Wow, Digweed doesn't sound like shit anymore!"
"And I mean, it's like we're all linked together on the inside. Like we're bound together by this beat, and--oh shit--I gotta puke!"

Prescription Drugs Rock Stars Enjoy (Or, Six Things Found in Elvis' Stomach When He Died)

Codeine
Demerol
Nembutal
Morphine
Quaaludes
Valium

Most Poignant Eulogy Ever for a Drug-Related Death:
"Somebody was jumping up and down on his fuckin' knob in a hotel room in Las Vegas, charlie'd off his tits! Fuckin' respect, man!" --Noel Gallagher on late Who bassist John Entwistle, who died of a cocaine-related heart attack in 2002

Artists Who Have Used Heroin....And Later OD'd

Kurt Cobain

Sid Vicious
Dee Dee Ramone
Layne Staley
John Frusciante
Scott Weiland
Brad Nowell (Sublime)
Marianne Faithfull

Songs You Want to Hear in Relation to How Many Beers You've Had
1 beer: "Get the Party Started," Pink
2 beers: "Last Nite," the Strokes
3 beers: "Gin & Juice," Snoop Dogg
4 beers: "24 Hour Party People," Happy Mondays
5 beers: "Electric Avenue," Eddy Grant
v 6 beers: "Baby Got Back," Sir Mix-A-Lot
7 beers: "Panama," Van Halen
8 beers: "Any Way You Want It," Journey
9 beers: "Piano Man," Billy Joel
10 beers: "Sweet Home Alabama," Lynyrd Skynyrd
11 beers: "Sweet Home Alabama," Lynyrd Skynyrd
12 beers: "Sweet Home Alabama," Lynyrd Skynyrd
13 beers: "Tuesday's Gone," Lynyrd Skynyrd
14 beers: "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," Hank Williams

Five Anti-Heroin Songs That Unintentionally Romanticize Heroin

"Bad," U2

"The Needle and the Damage Done," Neil Young

"Cold Turkey," John Lennon

"Three Days," Jane's Addiction

"Sister Morphine," Marianne Faithfull

Five Examples of Inventive Drug Use

"Sippin' on Some Syrup," Three 6 Mafia (cough medicine)
"Strap on That Jammy Pac," Ween (Scotchgard)
"Canned Heat Blues," Tommy Johnson (Sterno)
"Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue," Ramones

"Carbona Not Glue," older and wiser Ramones (cleaning fluid)

Albums You're Most Likely to Hear at a Laser Show

II, Led Zeppelin
IV, Led Zeppelin
The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
Yessongs, Yes
OK Computer, Radiohead
2112, Rush
Quadrophenia, the Who
Aqualung, Jethro Tull
A Night at the Opera, Queen
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Spiritualized

HORROR HICK VIDEOS AND HIP HOP HALLOWEEN

Im not sure how this is any directly relates to hip hop and halloween, but it sure would be cool to get some music on this channel. Lets hope we can get some stuff up here. These hicks ust crack me up and here at Everyone is Jewish,
it just porves to show you how far we will go to show you that yes....Everyone is jewish Shout out to Aba on this one for the hook up.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1459208099/bclid1299131343/bctid1716406498

Kosha dillz and C Rayz Walz in November 08 Spin Magazine 2

Yezzir, we got in SPIN Magazine and if you can't read that it says, "The unlikely combo of African American Indie Vet and Israeli American Newbie results in a hilarious kosher wig flip of Biz Markie's just a friend. Challah!" -SPIN"
grab the "Freestyle Vs. Written" album now from iTunes (here) or off the Modular site (here). Or you could get 1990's on it and leave your computer to pick it up in stores!

doNNNY gOINES IS ADAM b'S ARTIST OF THE WEEK AND IS GOING TO mtv3

KD_ ok..Dony Goines is one of the few artists who I am interested in hearing. I m not so much familiar with his music. But he is a nice guy and is headed the same place Im gogin to...."the top" I like it that I dont know someons music but i still know him. That means he got it.



besides the fact that lots of prappa the rappas are using first and last names...his is a mix between hard work and dedication...while other names are a mix between being corn balls and not really as rich as their name sounds. enjoy the read. Oh snap ...he'll be on MTV 2...thats dope. Thats what I want. I actually want a grammy, but hey...I think if you havea video in rotation you get invited at least.

Read Read Read!
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Every artist wants it. Donnie Goines has it. The “it” in this case is buzz and I know Goines has it because I’d heard, or read, his name over two dozen times before I’d ever met the man. Whether it was emails, YouTube clips, or songs, everywhere I was turning there was something with Donny Goines’ name attached to it. A little over a month ago we finally bumped into each other at a show at The Knitting Factory. We spoke for a while about all things Hip-Hop and the hustle it takes to get on. The conversation was fantastic, which is why I decided to sit down with him again to let him share some of those words of wisdom with everyone. Along the way we also discussed his own career and how he’s worked his way to being such a talked about emcee.

Adam Bernard: Start everyone off with some basic background info. Who is Donny Goines, where is he from and what have some of his previous projects been?
Donny Goines: Well, Donny Goines is just like you. I'm an ordinary person that's trying to do extraordinary things. Many people know me from many of my previous projects such as The Excerpt Pg. 1, About the Author, and Off the Books, just to name a few, but I do many different things. I blog and do various things besides music. I just work hard to get where I'm going.

Adam Bernard: You have a lot going on; let's start with the musical aspect of things. What kind of an emcee is Donny Goines? What can people expect when he steps up to the mic and rhymes?
Donny Goines: I am a very truthful MC, if I could categorize it one way. I am very candid and wear my heart on my sleeve. I don't pull any punches and I really just speak on things that are true to me. When most people listen to my music the first thing they tell me is "I can relate," and that's exactly what I try to do, create music that reaches people just like myself. I don't party with millionaires, nor associate with the rich. I am at the bottom right now, where the majority lies, and that's what you can expect to hear from me, music from that perspective.

Adam Bernard: Your name has been everywhere I turn as of late. Talk to me about your hustle and how it's evolved over the years.
Donny Goines: My personal motto is "If you don't know my name I'm not working hard enough," and I live by those words. I make sure that my name is spoken or mentioned often and I don't slack at all when it comes to my hustle. The day of this interview for instance, I got up and filmed for a new blog I'm going to premier soon. Now I’m doing this interview with you. Next I'm going to film a final episode for another blog and then go perform at S.O.Bs. Not to mention my single will be debuting on MTV2 today, so that gives you an idea of how hard I work.

Adam Bernard: I don't know if you want to help the knuckleheads out, but in the event that you do, hit me with some of the most common mistakes you see artists making in regards to their hustle?
Donny Goines: False Sense of Entitlement. Simply put, many artists believe that if they make a song that you, the bloggers and writers, are supposed to post it. They may feel because they have a video out it should be on BET, or their single should be spinning on Hot97, but the truth is it doesn't work that way. You have to earn your spot and this game is not for the lazy types. At the end of the day artists who really want to make it will just shut up, work hard and reap the benefits. Others will have a nine to five soon.

Adam Bernard: You mentioned earlier you’re involved in the world of blogging. Talk to me about that.
Donny Goines: Yes, I love to write, hence the stage name. {laughs} I am an avid blogger. I have many published columns on various websites. It's just something that's second nature to me. The reason why I think I am a good artist is because music just flows through me. It's the same exact thing with words. I have always loved to read and write so I am well versed in the English language and this is a big reason why I blog so much. I just love to write.

Adam Bernard: Can everything you do be merged, and if so, how?
Donny Goines: Yes and no. I believe that all my endeavors can be under one umbrella, but it takes a very strong support system to do so. I have a management team, publicist, assistant, video director/photographer, etc. and these people help me to keep everything in its place. As time moves on I will start to blend my music with my charity efforts and other ventures that I will pursue. Certain things, though, I believe can not be integrated. Personal aspects of my life, which can't be shared with the public, won’t be merged with my movement. Furthermore, I believe that certain things need to be separate from music at times. Let's say if I wanted to start a clothing company, honestly, I probably wouldn't intertwine my music into it because I feel as if those are two entirely different things. Sometimes it’s good to separate.

Adam Bernard: What do you have on tap for us next?
Donny Goines: Minute After Midnight. My official debut album. It is being mixed and mastered as we speak and will drop in December. This project will serve as a great introduction of me to a larger audience and I think many people will enjoy it. It's Executive Produced by Dame Grease (DMX, Freeway, Jay Z, The Clipse, etc.) and features production from Statik Selektah, M Phazes, Apple Juice Kid, Dubb Z and DJ Snips. My girl Tess is also singing in a couple of hooks. Look out for that one.

Related Links

MySpace: myspace.com/donnygoines
Blog: donnygoines.blogspot.com