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A lot’s gone on since my last update here. A new record with Rawkus. Videos. Tours. A new record in production now. Func Spec. DDP’s *finger’s crossed* reunion bid. It’s all been keeping me so busy that I’ve simply forgotten to blog about it! So here we go, to start it all off once again ladies and gentlemen - I present to you my first vlog in a series entitled Someplace Called Brooklyn. Enjoy!

well folks. there we have it. sat down with mtv yesterday and they have the exclusive. how to engineer getting heard without playing the media game and using the internet as an instrument of ultimate destruction. hey, let’s be honest here, jokes on them!

bobby + nihal never called back (bonus points!). so what was the point? mtv will be posting it online but to sum things up: how’s that egg on your face feel? certain people who claim to support me simply pass on my music when there’s no indian elements present. so the message to any artist like myself is that to hate one’s own is the only way certain brown folks are gonna budge on not being over the top with the ravi shankar samples? to have even taken the 2 Minute Hate seriously and not question it, fuel only hate part and not really dig for the truth (it was out there and many got to it via this very blog) proves a mighty point. and it was that move which scored mtv the exclusive. any further discussion on this topic? sure, if it’s gonna score me some more time to talk about the album, i’m in. btw a new single got serviced this week that’s been crossing over in the States called Look At Me let’s see if it gets some burn. note, when i say “cross over” i refer to college and independent/satellite radio playlists. it addresses some of what just went down and more.

additionally, ddp got some better treatment from the label as a result of my antics. never a bad thing i guess. looking forward to hearing what they do with it now!

hey y’all, no tricks up the kid’s sleeves, just some music. to get heard, sometimes you just gotta do some dumb shit.

white lines.

don’t do it!

so let the brown on brown hate begin. i’m told that 2 weeks later, 2 point 9 is responding. sorry guys, i never really cared but i’m sure a response will make for great radio. hope you laugh your way through whatever you come up with as hard as we did on our end! shit was pretty fun! incidentally, the second emcee on the track is an artist named Nawfcyde. and no, i don’t think he really dislikes MIA or Rekah and whomever else he may have name dropped. you never know though.

he might just have to come out on his own with a sequel!

voting is over kids. in the end, very fun but kinda silly. mos def, an interesting read on a blog!

big ups to yogi + alx for hosting a brother. peep game and listen to the pacifica interview here

dj kurupt’s got the most crunk party in austin on a s-u-n-d-a-y! tons of fine women doin’ da butt at midnight before a work week? what?

pics soon

who’s gonna get the story? we’ll see. got some stuff to say though. been an interesting experience. one thing’s for sure:

people gotta step their game up!

whassup all y’all just tunin’ in. these are exciting times we’re livin in. check it out. there is a plot. it thickens. stay tuned.

btw there is a point to this exercise.

danny boy - get mtv on the line! i feel an exclusive comin on.

haven’t listened myself yet but the phones, text messages and voicemails are going crazy i’m told. some of you guys have emailed and been laughing along. here’s the links to hear the shows where the track’s been rotating:

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/bobbyandnihal
www.desihitsradio.com

i know of a few other hip hop shows that picked it up but don’t know the url’s or if they even broadcast online. oh well.

stay tuned for the hidden surprise.

p.s. weather ain’t as nice as it could be! anyone that wants a postcard can hitup my gmail acct, i’ll check that tomorrow. sorry no laptop wth me!

note: this is REALLY happening just because of a simple hate track posted to a myspace account. lesson: hate spreads quicker than love.

didn’t think the title needed anything more provoking. consulting a good entertainment attorney, doing a “parody” of a person is okay, but using “real” voicemails without telling the people who left them is out of the question. we’ll use one from someone on the team and let it illustrate how out of control this is all spiraling!

hit up myspace - it’s up.

headding off on vacation. anyone know of any good bars in mexico city?

okay, so no dog or pony show yet. but here’s the goods we’ve scored:

• the track is an exclusive on bbc radio 1 - with an interview secured for sometime next week. there was a conference call. tons of hype. i do believe someone in their excitement attempted to inflate my ego by stating “this will be discussed for the next 10 years”. kudos to me.
• mtv has started rotating my group’s video. hmmmm. possibly coincidence, but i’d like to think this track’s getting me some mileage. an unexpected bonus. oh yeah, they want to give me a special on air to discuss this whole thing.
• every major label is pretty pleased with the “new and improved” thugged out version of myself. deals are on the way, baby. a few newspapers are calling, a few magazines. sponsors galore are coming out of the woodwork. thanks guys!
• may as well release another follow-up before anyone responds. those dog and horse shows may need a bit more encouragement. maybe i’ll even score a guest spot in cat fancy! mix one celeb. voice impersonator with a few of these voicemails and we might really be onto something.