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What is black music? Is it me or what? part III

This ia a question that has iritated me for years.I guess it’s silly in its own right because we all know the history of where all that comes from. But as you get to know me through this and other blogs that participate in from time to time,labels tend to not work for me.O.K. Black music;I was watching public T.V. and there’s program called mind t.v. on WYBE ch 35 in Philly and that was the question they had asked Jazzy Jeff and Black Thought. Jazzy Jeff said that he thought that soul music in paticular was any music that stirred your soul that made you feel some deep down inside, it could be country and western music if it moves you that’s soul music.Black Thought(The Roots)said that he sees Black music as a major influence in American music over all. He sees that the corperations have seen notihng but profit in the said Black music.It’s now all about can you make it marketable for the masses.I say that it was fucked up from the begining to even label music in this manner in the first place. That’s why Billboard magazine had to pull the so called Black music charts because noone else had a chart like that. You did’nt see a white music chart or a brown music chart. Who decided that music made by a certin group had to be catagorized by their skin color? To me that’s just sicking.It’s bad shit for me anyway because I don’t allow anyone to call me Black; the definiton for the word is absence of color,I don’t know anyone that’s absent of color.R&B and Soul music should remain just the what it is music; not something for people to bat around the room.I know that June is “Black Music Month” but I have a hard time swallowing that. I grew up in multi cultured enviorment so things look a bit different to me.I understand that the acomplishment needs to be acknowledged but I wish like hell they could put a different spin on it.It’s the only music that pertains to someone race and to me that’s just fucking crazy,What is Black music?

Is it me or what? part II

I’m having the longest writer’s block in the history of my career.My studio had an electrical fire 2years ago and I’m still waitng for the wheels to turn and get me back on the block but what happened in the meantime was so ridiculous it ain’t funny.I took the wildest roller coaster ride you could take without a seatbelt and a ticket.To start my woman, who I had been with for over 15 years just got up and left me for someone she barely knew on new years eve without warning,She called me back and came to see me and told me that it was’nt planned and that she was sorry and she was right she was sorry:).I was devastated.I could’nt function for days. I was there for this woman. Mind you I’m a guy who has already been through a divorce,so you know that I must’ve loved this chick.I wound up feeling sorry for the guy she was with and I tried to reason with him. Not to get her back because after that i did’nt want her anymore.I tried to tell the guy ” If she did it to me what do you think she’s gonna do to you?” It took a while and a few screw ups later(she wound up cutting his face up)they broke up.Even though it still was hard to get past the whole deal.Then I wound up producing for a gospel record company and surpassed my own expertise I recorded 5 acts 3 of them live band (engineered,mixed,edited and mastered) in 40 days and 40 nights(it’s documented).The downside as the co-producer on the project i got stiffed for a good sum of money that was more depression on the scale but I was proud of my acomplishments.What floored me was people used my belief in God to try to manipulate me into beieving that I was wrong for asking for my money.I got my per diam for the most part but the contract itself was breached.What’s my point? I thought to myself here’s my solo album right here on several occasions and it’s almost 3 years altogether and nothing; except a lot of cool insturmental tracks.So here’s my contrbution to the cause and/or cure for writer’s block,Mabe sometimes you can be too close to your life to write about it,so the best thing to do is leave it alone but, it won’t be easy because it will haunt you but try not to force yourself because then things start to get really weird and you start writing about stuff that does’nt make any sense or just plain sucks.Just leave it alone. I’m going to the beach and chillax.PEACE 2 THE PLANET!!!!

is it me or what?

we are the new kids on the block and I just want to know one thing; why are rappers trying to get themselves in the middle of everything that has nothing to do with them.Such as; i was judging last night in several charts that you would’nt even think that a rapper would be caught dead and whoop there it is.Don’t get me wrong I’m a huge hiphop fan but every tihng has it’s place for me it made for some confusing moments.