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I remember sitting on the Eglington West bus on my way to school listening to this track for the first time. My daughter was probably 1 or 2, I wasn’t sure what I was doing with my life, and me and my daughter’s mother were engaged and scheduled to be married in the coming year. I was so close to graduating high school.

I was skeptical when I saw he was gonna do another N.Y. State of Mind, but I gotta say, on a lot of levels, I like this one even more than the original. Maybe it’s because I think back to what things were like back then, how people were, how ‘the scene’ was, and how hip-hop in general was playing a role in peoples’ lives. I was older, and the perspective I had was far different than it was when I heard the Illmatic version in 93/94. The game wasn’t what it is now. It was a little more necessary and crucial, I think. We needed that shit and we hung onto it like we took pride in it. The music wasn’t exploited to the extent as it is now.. the winters seemed colder.. and the writers, dancers, dj’s, and emcees in this city felt more like a unit. Ask somebody.

Something sticks with me about this track every time I hear it though. The bus was still in the west, around Jane St. or Scarlett, and I was staring out the window with a t-shirt tied around my head, a bright orange Helly Hansen jacket and an Answer motorcross longsleeve shirt and gloves on that my dude Disco had given me. I felt lost. I felt like nothing was going to be made of what I was wishing for myself. And then I heard this line -

“A lot of niggas schemin’, some real, some niggas frontin’.
But I’m a big dreamer, so watch me come up with somethin’.”

Take it in.

This is yet another one of our ads for our MajorLLeague releases and the launch of our online shop.
More to come.

The line was taken from one of the nastiest emcees of all time. Ack like you know.

I gotta admit, when I first received this track I listened to it about 50 times in a row. I shouted Drizzy back to let him know it was the most incredible song I had heard in a long time. I called my girl to tell her the same. I thought I was nice ’cause I had an advance. I told Will all about it, knowing he’d be feeling it the same way I was… on some ill shit.. and I couldn’t wait to leak it. I played it for him and was losing my mind. And I started to work on the So Far Gone mixtape cover as Drake and I had planned.

Then he dropped it on his blog.

If you aren’t a fan of my homey Drake already, you will be. And if you aren’t a believer that talented young people still exist, take a listen.

Good work my dude.. let’s get it.

Drake & Lykke Li - Little Bit (Remix)

Download the track here

Thanks to Will for letting me know a couple days ago that this is a dub and not an original. Check the Lykke Li video..

I just finished this design 2 minutes ago. I know - it’s 7:28am. But I told ya’LL. I get up and work before I even piss and brush my teeth. lol. Next year’s gonna be a crazy one.

www.IdeallClothing.com

“Justice must be born,
There’s No Escape.
‘Cause a snake can’t be reformed,
So why wait?”

Courtesy of my good friend Saf, this is Timbaland’s artist Izza Kizza’s stop motion video for “Hello”.

Download the mix HERE

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TheLegendsLeague + DJ Lissa Monét Present:
The Difference

A mixtape dedicated to the life of Shakir Stewart and the promise of change provided by Barack Obama.

“What makes us the same may just make the difference”.
- be. (TheLegendsLeague)

I’m honored to have had the incredible DJ Lissa Monét work on this mixtape for TheLegendsLeague. Her track selection was so on point I felt like the idea behind this tape was something that we had been working on for 2 years.

I’m very particular about the music I listen to - not the genre, but definitely the quality and the emotion behind it, and Lissa was able to select tracks that speak directly to me, my experiences, and I’m sure you’ll find out as well, the lives, loves and lows of my ‘readers’ and supporters.

The timing could not have been more perfect, with the history of the world about to take a huge turn tomorrow night with the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election coming to a close. I will definitely be watching with anticipation as the tides turn, for better or worse, and our futures unfold before us. I admit in whole - I fear the results.

There are so many questions to ask. If Obama loses will there be riots? I think so. If he wins, will there be riots? I think so. Will someone attempt to assassinate him? I fear it. I fear it, but I do think so. But I watch him and I’m amazed. I’m amazed at how genuine he is. How much he seems to really care about the only thing that matters on this planet - humankind and kindness. He breathes it. And beyond that, he shares it and commands it within people. We see light in him. We have faith, hope, trust, and are awaiting a change from the governing powers that we as individuals have been trying to evoke in our actions for so, so long. And while I’m no longer religious, I promise you, I will be praying to a higher power for justice and the victory that needs to continue. Because he has already succeeded. He has already scored a win on so many levels in my mind. And should he lose tomorrow, I hope that we never forget the change that he has already provided us - one that says hope is only the precursor to action, and the combination of the two breeds the power to turn your thoughts into voices, and your voices to chants, and your chants to a chance to be heard. He deserves our thanks, and our admiration, and beyond it all - we deserve to provide him with our support.

Enjoy the mix ya’ll. And expect a re-press of the Obamas Time tee to pop up at TheLegendsLeague Shop.

Welcome To TheLegendsLeague

For so many reasons. Leave this on repeat.

Love at ya’ll for everything…

For telling your peoples wassup. For telling my peoples how you feel about this LegendsLeague shit. For the support you’ve shown Ideall Clothing, the support you’ve shown me as an individual, and for making decisions to grow and change the person you are or have been.

I got you. Believe me.
Fat shout to the peoples who been getting at me and letting me know the deal. Thank you. Over and over.

You already know fam.

Love&Respect as usual.
be.

Lost - Coldplay feat. Jay-Z

“Just because I’m losing, doesn’t mean I’m lost…
Doesn’t mean I’ll stop.”

I’m goin’ through some shit right now.. about to make it count.

Love&Respect as usual.
be.

A while back I did a different color version of this artwork for Kanye’s new album, 808’s & Heartbreak after my dude Drizzy let me in on the album’s title.

Since dropping that artwork I’ve been able to gather the #1 spot on Google when searching “808s & heartbreak artwork”. (not sure if that still holds up).

The answer to many people’s questions is NO. This is not the official artwork for the album, and I am NOT working with Kanye West… yet.

Regardless of the hate he’s getting for the upcoming autotune album he’s dropping, I’m loving the material and actually have the following couple of tracks on steady repeat, whether they’re the bullshit snippet versions or not.

I just got Coldest Winter and Heartless tonight, and knowing me when I’m on my grind, I put together a couple more covers for these singles.

Enjoy.

Love Lockdown - (download link)

Coldest Winter - (download link)

Heartless - (download link)

I hope ya’ll appreciate and enjoy seeing this shit. I love working on it, and am gunning for the real shit.

One of my favourite back to back type rhyme tracks of all time. Ricky’s writing style is insane.

- Even this so so beat, I make monstrous.
- Even blind girls… say, “Oh My Gosh, get the camera”
- And you’re also ’bout to go broke soon.

Soooo ill.

I gotta admit that every time I hear this track, strictly based on the title, I think about a friend of the Aziatic fam - Frozen, who passed away a little while back. Rest in peace yo.