Wonderfull World

Hello.
It's been awhile.
Where do I begin?

1st, you should FOLLOW me @ twitter.com/nodullmoment ....even though i'm pretty sure that I won't be updating it as much. I spend too much time "socializing" rather than taking time to chill with myself. and Believe it or not, that's absolutely necessary.

Spending too much time with people is all bad.

I find sometimes I can't even set my phone down for 2 minutes without thinkin about it, or if I log out of facebook/twitter ....i am logged back after 10 minutes of boredom. The only time I escape is when i'm in the studio, or at home playing the piano, or just writing. That's when I really escape.

::::: i wanna say i'm gonna be up here more often, but I can't even guarantee that. Most likely I won't. But i'll try. I'm runnin out of things to say.

::::well not really.....I will probably post some lyrics/poems that I've done lately. Just expressions.

Oh....wait I forgot....
                            I'm in a relationship. (A REAL one.)
                            As in....this might last. I can't see the end.

I might post a pic of her in a later post. But I'm definitely thinkin about her right now. Really.
If u know me, I know you're like "heard that before" ....Yea, i've been told that I am always 'feeling' a chick. But that's because I have always wanted to be with somebody. Always felt the need to be boo'd up. I don't know why.

But right when I felt like I was just gonna chill and be single....I Met H.E.R.
Soft as that sounds....It is what it is. But on a less chick flick note lol....She is BOMB. Hella Sexy. Gorgeous. The Full Package. Shorter than me but hey.....I can dig it.

Lookin forward to see what my next few posts sound like. Hopefully I stay on this high note. (music joke)

OUT<>

[The Sharpest]

SharpEND

Not even close to it....

Here we are: March 4, 2010.

Sounds like the setup for a mission on Halo or something....who'd a thought we would make it this far, into the "future". And the only thing that's changed is everything costs more, our phones our tappable, and everything is easier to do. I.E. Be a rapper, tv show host, radio personality. Just need the right series of events to pop off... in a way.
But for the most part, 2010 is 2009. 2009 is 2008. 2008 is 2007....and so on. The world is really no different than it was yesterday. It just has found a different way to cover it up. We're just better actors than we were yesterday.

So really....what"s new? What's going to be tomorrow's fad? Next week's trend? Next years' "IT"? And the bigger question is do you care? Will you be the one doing the "jerk" in the middle of a Richmond, VA intersection with a box fade, a letterman jacket, and a jansport backpack??
Are you going to take on someone else's identity as your own?? Or will you remain yourself....the leader.
Regardless of what you do, people will follow. And they won't stop there....they will imitate. Look at lady gaga.
She dress completely insane, you would think she'd be the only one dressing like that, but negative. She has a following too. No matter what you do, someone will be in the background saying, " hey that's kind of hot....let me try that".

It's a sad reality, but an inevitable and unchanging truth. There are leaders, and their are followers. Which category do you belong in?
[The Sharpest]

But oh I Love you, I Love you, I Love you

Sitting here thinkin bout this Stevie Wonder song...
Ready to take this to the next level.
I went out and bought Shock Value 2 and Graffiti.
SV2 Review: As usual, the production was Timbo worthy, and the cd had the variety of a mix cd. He attacked every aspect of music from rock, to pop, to whatever Miley Cyrus' genre is lol. The downside of the album, was Timbaland's overuse of Autontune, and the similarity of each beat. They were almost all nearly the same tempo, and kept the same continous kick pattern Timbo is used to. Overall the best parts of the album would have to be his use of features such as Drake, Miley Cyrus, and even Brandy's debut as Bran' Nu her rapping alter ego. The hooks were also all strong. Overall the cd gets a B- from me.
Graffitti review coming soon.
[The Sharpest]

*peeps in*

Just checkin to see if it still works lol...
This Is just so....
[The Sharpest]

BlogBerry

And I am now blogging from my Blackberry.....POW right n the kisser!
I'm psyched now. I will be blogging relentlessly for my own self-enjoyment. If u do enjoy however this will only intensify my pleasure.

It is definitely peacoat weather in VA right now.

Speakin of weather...I told y'all about The Brainiacs! In my last post. It's me and my dude Weathers. Our 1st Official clients were Jet Noise Cardi and B. Michelle. They put out a banger on one of our beats called "Living A Dream"....had ppl crying in the studio of which we will not name. "Better Run". But next up is Tay Dizm. He's signed to Nappy Boy Records n is interested n working with us. Bout to head to Weathers' crib now and work on tha track. Guaranteed radio play. Lol....that's it for now tho. I gotta story to tell y'all next post, but I'm a little to mad to start that lol. Smh...oh well.
[The Sharpest]

Back.

I'm going to star this blog off by pretending I never left. *winks*

What's new? So far music is taking off. Slowly but...surely.
The new "production team" that I am with is THE BRAINIACS. It's me and Shawn Weathers (www.myspace.com/c4tbs) <-----of C4. This is one talented cat, I trust his ear more than my own, and that says alot.
I still can't believe Actober started his blog after me and is destroying me with followers lol. Well I got him on twitter so it doesn't really matter. Either way i'm getting my opinion across the "airways", and people are listening.

Well....just wanted to update this thing lol. I'll be hear everyday from now on, and if I miss a day, I'll double up the next day. Til' next time....
[TheSharpest]

Waiting The Fate

WTF?

So the job i'm working at is closing....shutting down....with no RESTART in it's future. I literally have til Sunday to find a new gig, or you might hit the cell and hear a old white lady tellin you Its no longer in-service. SMH
The worst part about it is that they only gave me like a week's notice. Recession finally got to my block. Well anyway....i'm back on my Blog ish. A. Driver is a dead man.

[Sharp]

Successful ft. A-Sharp

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Welcome Back...

even though We never went anywhere....

How's music treatin ya? We're doing pretty good on this end. Paperwork finally getting in order, and every session at the studio gettin more and more "productive."

Right now...i'm working on convincing Show n Dre to setup the computer so we can go LIVE from the studio. lol Let's sign a petition!
Y'all would love that though I swear. BoardRoom Recordings is the BEST studio in the world, hands down. You'll never have a BR experience at any other studio.

Everytime we start a song, it's a guaranteed hit....that's a great feeling.

and NOW we finally reach the point of no return. Everybody is ready to throw the sails down, and get the paddles out. We're all headed up the river, and we know it's going to be hard work, but we've been training long and hard....Dre, Show, Cardi, Caz, Tommy Gun, J-Kid, A-Sharp, Reiign, and ALL the people on BR [plz don't kill me if I left you out lol. There's a edit button] are more than ready to get it crackin.

Look forward to asking this question soon.

Who is BoardRoom?

[Sharp]

Just Tired....

At Work. Ready To GO. Bout to Write. I need an idea for a song....a theme.
[Sharp]

Re-Stressed....

Ooh Ooh Thhhee besst paaart of waakiing up....is Folger's in yooouuurrr cup.
I'm so tired....I tried my hardest to write a song today, but time went by and all I had done was come up with some nice grooves on the keys. I got caught up, because I forgot how fun playing the piano still is.
I'm at work , wishin I was in the studio. Why am I so in love with this? I'm just a loving human-being, because I promise, every female i've ever dated can testify to it too, I try to treat people as good as possible. I'm such a sucker lol.
....shout out to The Cypher, BR Recordings, Cardi-o [swing b&^%$ lol], JRod....I'm mad because.... lol, The Fam, The Friends, The Future.
Speaking of her [my future]....I'm tryna understand the situation I'm in.....

Go read the Blog entitled "Distressed..."
#5 is completely the big picture right now....and I'm risking a whole lot by wanting her so badly. The L-word became so common between us once again, that it's hard to escape the feeling I get when my phone vibrates, and it's her name that pops up....
I'm so hopeless when she is in the equation....she tells me I make her smile, when she was down, she called me to escape. All this responsibility is exactly what I want....need from her. I promise I couldn't ask for anything better.....BUT

I can't even lie, I am a attention seeking person. I love the feel of being on someone's mind...and them telling me. I love the comments about how cute my eys are, or how sexy my phone voice is lol. Because I'm a man. It's not that I'm insecure, i just like the fact the SHE is the one complimenting me. as a matter of fact.....
[Sharp]

I want the money.....

.....I jus wanna b, I jus wanna b Successful........

Isn't that everyone's aim in life? Whether they want to be a doctor, a producer, own a business, fix plumbing, or design SAT questions, everybody desires to be the best at that ONE thing that seperates them from the next person. In music, it's all about hunger, zeal, and full-on passion.

When you KNOW that you know that you know, what your 'niche' in life is, that is when it really begins to be crunch time. If you thought about the population of the world, and the number of people in your profession, everytime you sat down to write a song, you probably would quit.....well, the average person would. That's how you know if it's really your "calling" or not, because if you are fated to be something, or do something, resistance is futile. The best thing for you to do is to try to get a head start on things. The minute you know what you are good at-
[actually NOT just good at, great at]
-you should go 110% into it. Like, for instance, myself. I knew since probably 5th/6th grade, that I had a future in music. My uncles, cousins, grand parents, all had music backgrounds. My sister could already sing her tail off, my brother could rap and beat box, my dad....ex-rapper turned powerful preacher, my mother- sunday school piano player when i was growing up....i pretty much had no choice.
I started getting into music production, and I feel like I waited too long to get serious about it, because even though I'm MILES away from where I started....I'm LIGHT YEARS away from where I want to be, and the competition is fierce. But on thing I do have for music is passion. I have so much love for music that It's almost unimaginable. but it is contained, because without balance you can't be as effective as you would be with your priorities straight.

Success....everybody strives for it
Some Stress....Some give up their lives for it
[sharp 2009]

One major element of success is Unity, because one person can't do it all. Alot of people will tell you, that when it comes to many major and minor things in life, I usually have the 'leave me alone, I can do it' attitude. I spent my high school years going through some deep stuff, that all teens go through for the most part, but I had loving parents who actually coulda helped, so my problem was letting them.

Now, I know that unity and success go hand-in-hand. The more the merrier. Two is better than one, and a rope of three cords is not easily broken.
Sometimes in order to go further in life, you have to connect yourself to the right group of people and feed off of each other's energy.

Take Show for example....I think I finally am able to grasp the difference between Devon, and Show. Devon, is the family man. The chilled, laid-back, new shoes having, beat-vulture lol. Devon is the one that will listen to an instrumental, close his eyes, and not write a single word for at least thirty minutes. Devon is the one who sits his little daughter in the same seat he uses to record BoardRoom hits, and imagines her 15, 20 years from now enjoying the same feeling he gets when he lays down a track and mixes it down to his ears approval.
on the other hand....
SHOW, is Devon on 4 Locos lol, or what is now Max.
I'm kidding, Show is the hungry, music-minded, straight-forward, persistent, no-games, BoardRoom til' the Death, beat vulture lol.
AND anyone who knows Show/Devon knows what I mean by beat vulture, because he will literally hold on to a beat for months, NEVER record OR write to it, but still won't let any have it lol. Or he'll hear a hot beat from any one of the HOT BoardRoom producers and immediately, as if on cue say, "Lemme get that" or "That's mine?" LOL

--->anyway, to stay on topic:
His hunger is fuel for all the other artist that are connected to BoardRoom directly or indirectly, because it rubs off. His partner Dre, is the smooth, no need for too many words, but when he talks....listen, kind of dude. They feed off of each other and in return, are developing into better people period.

Success comes when you realize that the 'I' in team is imaginary. When you see the fact that there are billions of people on this world, NOt to compete with each other, but to compliment each other. I turn your swag on when you can't on your own lol.

It's not a material thing.

Success is a Place.
A state of mind.
I am Successful.

[Sharp]

BoardRoom Recordings....[i wrote this, what do you think??]

In Virginia, there is an abundance of talent, but not too much room for growth within the state lines. From Hampton Roads, to Richmond, to Alexandria, you could probably stumble upon thousands of studios with either closet or industry quality. At BoardRoom Recordings, we're proud to say we fall into the indsutry quality category. But don't for one second think that BoardRoom is just going to record you, put it on a cd, and take your money....If you are serious about your music, WE ARE. From the recording quality, to the mix-down, to any input our many in-house producers and engineers can give you, we ensure the best sound for what are definitely the lowest prices. Whether you just need to make a demo, or a full-out album, BoardRoom is the place you want to start and finish. The music industry's one-stop shop, BoardRoom will be able to guarantee the movement of your music throughout all of Hampton Roads and further, with our own house street-team, to hit clubs, restaurants, parties, basically anywhere that your fans and future fans would be. From passing out flyers, mixtapes, and albums, to pushing your cd to dj's, local radio stations, and big names in the local and not-so local circuit. After you record your project, feel free to come back to BoardRoom to have your cd duplicated, and labeled in the same building you tracked it. There are also in-house graphic designers who are more than capable to design logo, flyers, album covers, etc. When it's time to record your promo video, the same number you called to get studio time, will connect you to someone that can record your video, edit it, and mix it down to the approval of the artist. BoardRoom Recordings is the future of music business and we are looking forward to your business. Feel free to check us out on facebook, twitter, Myspace and even here on Blogger. When you're ready to get started you can contact either of the owners/co-founders Show and Dre through the numbers on the web pages. BoardRoom website coming Soon. I sleep when I die [show 2009] Who is BoardRoom?
[Sharp]

J-Bird Bird

http://jasonjohnson1.wordpress.com/
peep his website when you get a milli....
second.

B.T.W.* A-Sharp gotta gig tomorrow at the studio. Show got 2 comedians coming in that need some music for dvd's ther putting out. So A-Sharp gets to put his stamp on some stuff finally.

AND i did this intro for the BoardRoom website that's pretty tough, but it was just a rough draft.
I'm off tomorrow, so the real grindin' is happening from the moment my eyes crack open, til the moment they close.....for good.

'I sleep when I die' [Show 2009]

[Sharp]

Life is a Beach....so I need to surf more.

it's not fair. it's not meant to be.

When forced to make decisions that could possibly change the course of your life [at least for the moment] the easiest thing to do would be to pass the buck, or look to others for advice. Even when you know in your heart what HAS to be done, you have to respect every side of every argument. Examine every truth and explore every possible outcome.

Recently I met one of these metaphorical crossroads in what is soon to be my musical career. As i sit here in the back office at Double Tree where I "work", and stare at a blank Solo artist contract, I can't help but think about the last week or so, in which I have been doing just that. Examining and exploring.

The Situation: I am currently 1/3rd of a group called The Cypher, in which I produce most of the songs, and also perform as an artist in. We were presented 'as a group' the opportunity to sign on to the Recording/Production company BoardRoom Recordings. After a few months of not recording, the Cypher finally began to work their schedules out to get in the studio. The few times that we made it to the studio were not enough or the company to leave the offer on the table for the whole group. But it was still extended to Me...A-Sharp.

The Problem: The contract is for a solo artist....meaning that I would be working on songs by myself. Now, obviously that is not a "problem" per say, because we are all individual artists anyway. We didn't grow up together, but we have known each other for a long time, so It's just something that I don't feel like I should even entertain. If The Cypher was getting the offer I would feel better about it....but......X-/

THE SOLUTION:

Loyalty....
I love my brothers.
What can I say?
Family ties.



[Sharp]

...........i WAS JUST saYin

NO disrespect to BoardRoom for past posts. I just put what I felt at the moment...I mean, that's the whole reason I started this blog right....??

....and by the way....
Good Morning....or shuld I say Gud nite? LOL


[Sharp]

Razor's Edge:The Cypher is Here!

Top right picture is my most GANGSTA pose ever....lol

that's the no nonsense, 'act like you kno', pose.

[Sharp]

Do Me a Favor....

A-Sharp is currently working on a solo project along with The Cypher's album. I'm tryna really release my creative side. I got a few beasts on the beat side of things too. Cardi, Mr. Prezident, Shawn Weathers....A-Sharp. I'm really gonna go all in on this project because I feel like I need it, in order to really grow and to be on the level I need to be to really get noticed when I perform, or when people here my...OUR music.

P.S. if anybody knows some serious musicians tryna start a band for performances hit up my email: bbqchikken@yahoo.com
everybody gets weak when they hear my email...=]

other than that....
The 1st single that I'm really feeling on the 'mixtape' [hate that word] is gonna be called "UnderEstimate Me." Which is pretty much what I want everybody to do. It's all that people do to tell you the truth. When i sit behind a piano in front of someone who has never seen me play....they underestimate me, and then I have to prove myself. When I put in a cd that has some beats on it for someone who never heard any A-sharp beats.....they underestimate me, and then I have to prove myself. The 1st time i stepped on the field for summer football camp in high school with shoulder pads too big, and a cage facemask......they underestimated me, and I had to prove myself. [hardest hitter Maury ever saw] Now every time I step into a rapping cypher......they underestimate me, and I make them all look stupid.

How much math do you have to take to know that A-Sharp=The Truth??
So PLEASE....Do Me A Favor: UnderEstimate Me.

-------->moving on

I know i been slippin on my BLOG game....but i made a twitter, and it is GARBAGE if you do not update it like every 5 seconds lol. So i'm about to be on my supra-sharp grind from here on out. I might need you all's help too. I need a name for this project.

WAIT!! did i mention that Cardi has a verse on that track??!!??!
you can underestimate me.....DO NOT underestimate him. under ANY circumstances lol
[ShoutOut to BoardRoom]

<------------------moving back

I gotta peel off at least one blog a day from now on.

Shout out to CCB also....they were stayin at the hotel and were all extra cool. They gave me chicken and invited me to go see them perform at Blakely's then chill afterwards. I don't know how I declined....but I did lol....still, shout out to them. 'Look at My Phatty' got me rode thousands of times at parties lol.

But yea....I owe y'all a lot more info so I'ma take a break right quick but I'ma be back in like a hour.


[Sharp]

In Like...

just got the worse news ever...

she's leaving...

number one.

headed back to PA for the summer.

Right when we were getting this close.

I won't really understand this for a while. I was ready to all in on this one. She has it all, and as quick as she was brought into my life.....*poof*
The crazy thing is, I'm not supposed to be on no relationship type stuff anymore. After the last one went wrong, I decided I was going to chill until I wanted to get as serious as a relationship could get. I was gonna b on my 'fun-time.'
BUT....
She got me zoning, and I have yet to really let her know. I even, no homo, wrote this song for her. She tells me that we're going to get rich and drop a album with just us too lol. That ish is MAD cute. I'm stuck between like and love, but leaning to the right like a wino.
I really want her to stay.

REALLY.

I wish she would read this So I don't have to tell her to her face, but I only have until Monday to speak my piece.

I've never felt complete with someone who wasn't officially my gf. Jus a friend that I want more from. A Friend that I kissed. That i hug. That I hold. My soon-and-very-soon.

I wish I could keep her here, but.....

[defeated....he drops pen and dissolves]

EXIT

Can't Forget About You

Who coulda seen it? Im this close to my goal....
I stand strong, still 100% in the red zone,
SEE this money got me runnin' like chickens with head gone,
or pidgeons when bread's thrown...just listen to dead wrong,
BIGGIE said it best, Just 'take notes' and 'relax',
I was 9-to-5'n it. Puttin coats on the racks,
but I had to hang it up for spittin dope on these tracks,
So we went our seperate ways, for that Kobe and Shaq,
Alicia Keys, Feeling unbreakable as plexi-glass is,
in my dreams see more Toast, than wedding glasses,
and now every song they be like "that's a classic".
cash is...for studio time, for the rest there's plastic.
I never could remember a rhyme til' I was nine
spittin unpredictable lines, 10 minutes to five,
and wouldn't stop til' dinner was time,
Then I would dream of the day when DRE would get his 15 minutes to shine....and.

Now my style is....straight to the point like a stylus,
I'm wild'n and ready to re-Klein like I'm Calvin,
you n1ggas NUTS like Chipmunks and I'm Alvin,
FORGET GETTING SIGNED, these labels Shallow as Hal is,
The thought of it alone? A MILE from Nostalgic,
as Hollow as a tomb, yet my rhymes did astound him,
My music Moved him, Lyrics touched his spirit,
took Miracles to hear it, but NOW? UP THE VOLUME,
and Still can't forget about YOU. The unforgettable Truth,
Standing Behind me like the Heel of a Shoe.
Cuz A-Sharp with the Lyrics is true.
And we brothers now, So I can see that this is killing you Too.
I never could remember a rhyme til' I was nine
spittin unpredictable lines, 10 minutes to five,
and wouldn't stop til' dinner was time,
Then I would dream of the day when DRE would get his 15 minutes to shine....
[Sharp]

Letter To.....

Is it possible? To fall in love at the 1st optical?
I HAVE. Seeming like she is perfect to dissolve into....

A Null issue. That means it seems there's No obstacles.
I think it has a lot to do with me having the hots for you//

Why lie? We connected like Wi-Fi. My eyes.....was changing colors at the sight of her. Tye-Dye.
I'm under her like a star to the lime light. Waiting til the time's right.
To wife.

And ummm....I know this might seem random.
but I feel like me and you would make a mean Tandem.

hold you like you kidnapped. Kisses for the ransom.
you stand out like you mismatched. The 'Misses' for my mansion.

I sir, am Wired. I might have to wife her.
You'll understand once I describe her.

She's mixed. Black and White, and she love to hit them high notes.
She know a lot of players, but she always seem to like those.

She even taught me how to touch her with my eyes close.
Closed eyes. Make me say "Oh My".

and you've never heard a thing, If you've never heard her sing.
Urban Queen. She's my escape route like it's an emergency.

When I gotta get away from the CHAOS that goes on.
I bring her out. Swear I never seen her with clothes on.

Lock my room door, and presume to turn her on.
I'm touchin her scales, like a mermaid, she's in a pond.

I push the right buttons....and she start to make it clap.
I'm zoning now, we making a beat. Sharp's latest Track.

Hard-Body...I got L-O-V-E for,
Sweet core, sparkle like the sea floor,

Even when I'm with her, I still feel like I need more.
I swear I'm in Love with my Keyboard........


[Sharp]

Bored at Work

Love. Such an easy word to say.
Meanings misinterpreted. Even when it's expressed in a worthless way.
It hurts to say. I fall in LOVE too fast see.
Quick to catch feelings like a doctor threw a tooth at me.
Fill-ins....it's just a quick fix for fiend. Nicotine.
Love at first sight, vision blurred. I need Mr. Clean,
My life is like a fiction themed Mystery.
Novel. Models. Bottles. History. Misses Me.
I need a chick with a last name that she tryna lose.
SO i can give her -mine- like I own a lot of coal.
to be cont'd......

[Sharp]

THE[stuck]BOX

i feel like im stuck in a freakin cartoon. Like i'm on Dragon Ball Z and i'm stuck in the moment right before he releases one of the biggest powershots he could possibly conjure up.....
like anxious fingers awaiting the four-count as the Motif prepares to record the masterpiece that rests between yur eyelids and the back of our head.....
like I'm at the milli-second before climax.....wait....gettin a little excited there lol. but yu Get the point.

I am finally about to set out on this ridiculous journey, and take my music where I lead it [NOT] vice versa....

Mixxtape in the works.
Of course you'll Love it. No ?u3stion.

I'm so dead serious about this music. I got a message(s). I got my Team. I got my weapon(s). Beats/Pens/Pads/Mics/Keys/Speakers/Fans = Fatality.

.....I'm a rubber band that just keeps gettin stretched further and further.....
.....you want it to sting so you keep stretching.....
.....your conscience is setting "let it loose, that's good enough", but you keep stretching.....
.....you fear it snapping, but the potential for success is far greater than the potential for demise, so you sttrreettcchhh.....
.....til you're certain it can't take any more and you point it in the way you want it to fly.....
and just let it go.

B[oardR]oom is the hand right now....I'm the rubber band. Still getting stretched. Mixtapes = Ssttrreettcchhh..... No money = Ssttrreettcchhh..... Being told "You're Not Hungry" = Ssttrreettcchhh..... Album not finished yet = Ssttrreettcchhh.....

and now.
:aim:

[sharp]

[Sharp]

Distressed....

lost....
So here I am again. Stuck. In between common sense, and conjured feelings. Trying so hard to disconnect my brain from my heart but the semmingly impossible tasks does nothing but make me long for my attraction even more.
lost....
Is it possible to have such strong feelings for more than one female? Or do I just Love "Love"?? #1 caught me by surprise with how much different she is from what I expected from her. By her looks and 1st impression, i figured, she was stuck-up. either that or she was a hood-rat lol. But she turned out to be the exact opposite, but the age thing came into effect, and I think that might be what's making my infatuation, an.......infatuation. [my lauren london]
#2 is just Mrs. Swag Universe. I never met another female that i connected with on so many levels, the only thing is that I pretty much know she doesn't want to settle down with anyone. and I'm NOT about to try to juggle 'non'-relationships again. My wallet still hates Me for that lol. She WOULD be perfect. [Too Fly]
#3 is my long distance Navy baby. My boo since High School, that I talked to every night before I went to sleep even when i had a girlfriend. She was the theme of about 89% of the arguments i got into with my then-girlfriend. Love Her. (#3 that Is) [Buhfriend]
#4 just happens to be #1's friend. lol. and we ALL work together. Thats foul right?? lol She tried to play me on the age difference from day one. Then sumthing went down with her "then"-boyfriend and she kinda showed her true side. I got D-nyed on the digits lol, but now she is alot cooler. I'm feeling #1 too much though. Numero Tres would make a good friend. [Shourtney]
#5 is the long LOST love that is still some kinda way tangled in this web. Even though her number got deleted from playing too many games over the years, I visited her one time recently and still felt the same way. Still wanted that kiss. [Killa]
^^^ after reviewing the evidence. I think I just Love "Love" a little too much.

Thing is....I always treat any female like she is the center of the universe and I'm just a moon orbitting her. If She lets Me.

I'm feeling #1 & #2 the most for now though. And ACTOBER REID if you reading this....lol....I'm not putting their names out like you do, I'ma gentleman.
:Gate Opens:
:Walks Toward White Light:
:Piano Music:
[Sharp]

Fresh Out The Box

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......in my Soul, Child. Like Musiq is.

....is it wierd that my too favorite colorrs are black and white?
I think that combo pretty much sums up my life, my personality, my Me-ness. The light and dark side. The fun, funny, creative, musician whose mind seems to always b workin too hard....or the laid back, stay-to-himself, speak-when-spoken-to student who is behind the scenes and as modest as they come. Mr. Cool-as-the-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon or simply Dre.
I never try to be noticed, i just stand-in and blend-out. It's crazy really. I feel like I'm my own opposite. A-Sharp: Oxymoron.



Hip-Hop's Future is lookin brighter than ever....and if you can't see it....

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Who is BoardRoom?

.....well as of right now they could easily be compared to a World War cannon whose fuse has been lit and is now awaiting the final seconds before explosion. The noise we are about to make seems surreal. Right now we're making noise, but its only the constant psssssttttt.....of the flame catching the rope and burning it up until it reaches its destination and......
B(oardr)OOM.....

Cookout yesterday with the exec's and label-mates. Ridiculous....and the crazy part is that it's on camera....The revolution will be televized, and YouTubed, and Blogged about. lol
So far, the sickest on the label would have to be between Cardi, Caz, and our very own Tommy Gunn. We all went IN on the dvd even though it was on some on-the-spot ish. Puddles [beauty-full] was behind the camera and started up a Cypher [ironic?].

MY date? Gorgeous....
I had to show off a lil bit because she was definitely watching.

^^^I digress.....
So after that was over....dropped her off, car trouble, late for Bday get-together [Sorry April], home, sleep.....
Today? ....shower, school, computer lab, OUT.
[Sharp-signing off]

Are you kidding? Seriously?

Soo...
Wake up in the morning and get ready for another exciting day in school....[sarcasm]
after I went thru th routine of gettin dressed and everything, before I set out to leave for school, my mom hops in her little "fly-girl" lexus and starts the engine up. She starts to back out of the driveway and it sounds like she's stuck in some mud or somethin. I hear it and go to the door and just bust out laughin, I don't even know why. I look out the door and her back wheels are not moving at all lol just her front wheels.
if you've ever seen a dog drag itself on a carpet to uh....clean up lol....the you can just imagine how funny it looked.
>>>but thats not even the kicker....the nail in the coffin is that fact that when she called my pops to tell him....AFFTTEERR it already got towed to go to the Lexus dealership.....
my dad snaps when he remembers that He put the emergency brake on last night LOL...
^^ =]
she end up drivin my little car and leaving me outbak to find a ride.....
Love mom Dukes lol

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Once Upon A G-Shock....

Somebody out there, some very bored person, wants to know how the Cypher got started. From the beginning to now. So for those of you who would also like to know, place your index fingers on the scroll button.....place your eyes on the screen......play the "Same Life" track......and take a ride on the time machine.

I would have to say it was around September 2007. Maury High School. Norfolk, VA.
I had already been in band for my first two years of high school, and to my advantage, many of the instrumentalists were also on there "Fruity Loops" grind lol. I knew these two dudes named B-Dub and B!szurk (Brandon and Bryan -Govt lol). They got me into producing [back then it was just making beats]. I had a math class with Jermaine (Tommy Gunn), but I didn't know he rapped, and he didn't know I made beats for almost half of the year. We got cool simply because the math class was so slow and boring and we were probably the only cool kids in the classroom.
We were both always making the class laugh and whatnot, so we started hanging out outside of Maury.
The first time Jermaine heard one of my beats, we were sitting in class with a substitute (the best days lol). I got on the computer and listened to a cd that I had made. He saw me nodding and asked to hear it. That's when I found out he could rap. After class he spit a verse for me in the hallway and it was nothing like I had ever heard before. I just knew he was going to be big one day, so I figured I would let him bless a few of my best beats. I made a cd for him with some of my best beats that I ever made, hoping that he would at least give them a chance.
Keep in mind, I have this broken down, white, computer mic at my house that I keep testing out to see how good I can get at recording. I started writing little short verses for some of my beats and recording them and then adding effects and the whole works. I started getting pretty good.
Well anyway, one of those "trials" ended up on the cd of beats I gave Jermaine. So the next day at school, when we come to the math class, he sees me and laughs. I asked him why he was laughing and he quotes the song, "flow like water on a smooth chest" lol. He can't stop laughing. I told him 100 times that I was just testing the mic, but he keeps telling me to pursue rhyming, because I had potential.
I took his word for it and kept writing. He said that the quality of the recording was good to, and that he wanted to come record at my "studio." After I explained to him the ugly white mic that he produced such FIRE, he told me that it didn't matter as long as it sounded good. That's when I knew that he might be one of the pieces to the puzzle of my "purpose" on music and life. I knew that I was given this ability, this talent, this gift, for a reason. A reason that wouldn't reach its potential if it was just me on my own. We began recording songs and started creating a sound for Tommy Gunn and A-Sharp.
Then Jason "J-Kid" came into the picture. When he let the "Eagle Fly" higher than a nerf lol. He introduced me to ADLIBS. I mean if you heard this cat for the first time you would say, he was made for this. Every time he finished his verse on a song, I would began anticipating how he would go about attacking his doubles. Whether it was the infamous 'burp' that followed a punchline one "Money", or the roar on "Reasons," J-Kid did what he wanted, and it always sounded like Jason. He had his own style and I dug it [excuse my use of 1970s phrases].
So after Jermaine found out about a studio that would only charge $15 an hour to record with good quality, we all jumped at the oppurtunity. The two brothers, and their producer A-Sharp. That was until TG told me to write a verse to a song that I had given them. I told him no on plenty occasions, but that was just not an option. "C'mon and kill this track dog."
I wrote my couple bars and waited until the day when we could record it. "Like What" was officially my first song recorded with Jay and Maine. I was nervous during the ride to the studio, while Jay and TG recorded, while I recorded, while Dre chopped it up and mastered it, when he put it on a cd for us, when we listened to it in the car, and when I got home. lol
After I survived the afterschock of "Like What", we went on to record many more songs. Jermaine came up with the name for the group after we sat in the car a few times and freestyle for hours and realized how much fun a cypher can be, and how good we all were at rhyming off the top of the head and making sense, and sounding good.
The name for the album "Beats. Pens.Pads.&Mics" was Jason's idea. It made so much sense that we had to stick with it.
......and that brings us to now. A year and a half after meeting Jermaine in the hallways of Maury High School, and being introduced to Jason when he recorded a song in my kitchen, we have one foot in the door, and the other foot is in the air. We're flying right into our spots in history and in the music industry. "THE CYPHER" is finally reaching it's potential with the help of too many people to name. I can name a few though. Special thanks goes out to every family member in all of our families that supported us and raised us in the men you see today, to B-Dub and B!szurk for getting me started in this business, to Show and Dre for treating us like family every time we came to the studio and putting us on as artist [respect], to those of you who support us by listening to our music or reading my blog while we are not yet as big as we will be [you can say you were here from day one], and to God for giving us the ability to be so nasty lol.

Now from me.
I would like to say Thank you to Jermaine and Jason and my boy Anthony (the fourth member lol). I love y'all like brothers real talk. Sometimes I sit and think about where I would be if I hadn't met any of you. How boring it would be on the weekends. How garbage I would be in Tekken, Mortal Kombat, and Super Smash Bros. lol. I'm glad God put y'all in my life, and I hope nothin mess up our friendships.....nah forget that. We're brothers....i won't let noone come in between our family.

Til' next time.
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So Anxious....

......workin another 3 to 11 shift at the Tree. Supposed to be in a meeting with the team and the engineers at the studio. ......yes, I'm missing a business meeting to check-in snobby old guys that are staying at the hotel for.......yea you guessed it........business meetings. Ironic? No.
So whats next on the agenda? ---1. finishing the album;
Still number one lol. So far the track list is looking pretty good, and the best part about it is we only had ONE guest appearance. So this album is gonna be 99% The Cypher, 1% Friends. Which would be Ron Lew of C4, who went in on "My Friend." So far we have reached every demographic with the songs that we recorded.
My Favorites?
1.) Open Up* >> sometimes you just want to tell her to Open Up. [Enough is Enough]
2.) Ride With Me + IT'S WHAT every Guy wants to say to a bomb girl with a wack boyfriend. lol
3.) The INTRO [it's crazy, shoutout to Supa]
4.) Sit Back; which happens to be the Anthem for my life. Sit Back or Get Back, either get with us or get away from us lol.
5.) Same Life = "Haters Think Twice, They Wish They Could Write" TG was feelin it when he wrote that chorus. I got nothin but love for these guys.

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The Cypher lol lookalikes

That Nigga TG

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Tied up on a Rail Road....

.....that means I'm Back on Track. :) you'll catch it when you get home.

HELLO WORLD.
It's been a while since i got my QWERTY on. But I'm officially back. Got a lttle hectic for a second.
Good News or Bad News? ummm....Bad News.
I think I officially have gotten 8 hours of sleep this whole weekend. I know tht's good compared to most party people, only problem is....I didn't go to a single party! -Work, School, Work, School, Work, School, School Work lol
So if you see me and my eyes are low and red, before you even ask, NO i am not high. I'm tired. But It will pay off because of the Good News.

Talked to the studio engineer and I take back everything bad I ever said. My mans was just gettin his grown man on, taking care of his kids, and still trying to get us on at the same time. We talked for maybe 30 minutes because I was "at work", but It was a very insightful half hour. He told me about the feedback he got when he let a few radio dj's here our music. The best one so far....."Why haven't y'all brought this for us to play man?"
Man that felt good to hear. AND then when he told me, "'Ride With Me' is my favorite track y'all did so far man. I love that song. You Killed it." I once again tasted the fruits of my labor and this time the sour after-taste was virtually inexistent.
I read a few of Charles Hamilton's blogs and felt like he's doin exactly what I want to be....I will be doing. I respect that dude, real talk.

He's got this thing for Rhianna that's 'high-school puppy lov-ish'. So when I saw Chris Brown at the mall I work at yesterday, I couldn't help but think about CH. ...OK, I'm pulling up to the parking lot to go to work, after already recieving a call about Chris Brown being at the mall, as I'm trying to find a spot, I see a crowd of about 30, 40 grown men and women [not his typical fan-base lol] crowded around this blue lambhorgini.....given that this is an extremeley sexy and expensive car, I turned my hate meter on. As i'm pulling around this crowd, a few of his security guards are waving me down, telling me to stop so he can pull out. I "kindly" declined and continued down my path. He did the same. After barely avoiding a fender-bender with the kid, I pulled in two spots away from the mob and got out feeling validated. Breathed in the afternoon air and headed into the hotel. Green eyes and all......not.

Well anyway....sorry for the long period of no communication. I had to come back with Good News lol. Those other ones were getting depressing.
and O YEa, Phone fixed. But I'm still getting the Palm Pre soon as it comes out. Tommy Gunn Holla At ME with yo G1. Played OUT lol. Deucez
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Wonder-fool's World

Statistically...my status now?
Stretch higher than stratus clouds,
My cyphers get you higher than cyphers.....puffing and passing out,
like SEGA...I was done with the Dream, over Cast,
like the days when I made it rain, sleet, snow with cash,
no cell....like I broke out of jail. Phony "stache",
disguised behind my head phones, owned by sony's hand,
I had to walkman, and not look back at it like Trina's CD,
I stayed true...non-commercial, I'm still "as seen on T.V."
the flashing lights can change you, that's why I wear sunshades,
I know i'm on the right roadm cause it's a one-way,
or better yet a runway, I'm flying out one day,
the only thing i'm leaving behind, is my evening disguise,
hop in this booth and and superman couldn't even defy,
i transform, past norm, and like a thief in the night,
I slip into your peripherals, and sneak up beside,
the weakest alive, these song-makers want a piece of this pie,
well these dances....won't cut it, like a geek in the line,
it's lunchtime......or better yet crunchtime, billy blanks,
i'm sicker than a ___ with ___.....fill-in blanks,
but I'll never forget where I came from, like my I.D.
even If I gotta leave bread crumbs, to remind me.


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Your Wish is My Command.....

for those of you with absolutely no peripheral vision.....to the right are the beats which I promised that I would put up.
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waste of a post :) lol

White Christmas??

It snowed. It sticked. I slept.
[sticked is not a word in case you sounded out a few times in your head] :)
TODAY.....i was ridiculously on my grind with the music. I forced out 8 beats in the few hours that I was home. I was so much in the zone that I did not eat until I clocked in at work and grabbed a mint from the counter. (stomach on EEeee)

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ok now i just went to the convenient store and bought a soda and a nutty bar. ----satisfied
I know April....this is my last soda for 2009 tho. Going out with a bang...straight 'Crush Grape' style lol.
....and mister "Daily Damage".
I would like to be the first to thank you, on behalf of all Virginians', on jinxing us into a SNOW DAY!! lol without your exciting tails of Snowmageddon and the "host chick from Top Chef."
We experienced what my father called a "light glaze" of snow....[hungry again hold on]

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ok back. lol. but yea thanks for the snow Deft Digits

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I really need to post these beats up here and let you hear my how my mind works sometimes. My boy Actober Reid got me sampling again after a little hiatus. I'm very pleased with the outcome, so be lookin out for that collab pretty soon. The Sharp-Actober project is gonna happen soon. "Rapper Turned Astronaut" is gonna turn stomachs.....it's that sick. so SHOUTout to him.
Big Things....Big Things....

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speaking of stomachs turning. Nutty Bar + Crush Grape Soda = Nutty Bar [it's disgusting, i know lol sorry]

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Hold The Phone! [pun intended]

There is now a pattern (series of oddly related movements) associated with turning my phone on.
I seriously have to:
1. Drop my phone or smack it roughly (whichever it prefers)
2. Tap ...and i mean fingernail tap the power button
3. Plug it in once the Start Menu pops up and....
4.Unplug it before it charges to 100% or else it was over for nothing.

IS IT REALLY WORTH THE BRAIN ACTIVITY I JUST USED UP??

[Dull]

and just wanted to shout out my first fisshal' reader.....
she's now officially my favorite month....showers and all.
at least they May bring flowers the nex month :)

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Most Addictive Game Ever! Truth

http://www.sharenator.com/The_Fancy_Pants_Adventure_World_2/

I might get fired over this game one day
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Trouble Tree Cookies

I just effectiveley devoured 3 of these. lol

For those of you who have had a famous "Double Tree" cookie, I'm sure you too share my pain. :).

I also have managed to destroy my phone [Treo 700p]....I know, I know. OLD

but hey, it's still my favorite phone I've had so far....but seeing that I have dropped this phone so much that If I don't drop it I don't feel complete, I think it's time to move on.

I [almost] literally drop the phone every other step I take (exagerating lol). It's crazy.

No lie, I actually dropped it out of my pocket while I was driving....I mean actually sitting down, NOT moving, I dropped it.

AND Now.....

it cuts off for no reason, sometimes I'm texting and it will just pop up that I have a missed call, but it never rung, AND if I charge it too long (if that's possible) I will become....as crazy as this sounds....energy dependent on the charger too the point that if I unplug it, it cuts completely off and won't cut on for close to fifteen minutes.

I NEED MY PHONE!!

and I Refuse to pay lol

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Letter 2 Tha Mirror....

I never Tripp, like leopard print,
I'm talking Skinny jeans.....My verses now tighter than they've ever been,
the Music is irrelevant....that means it's gone,
if YOU can't understand the message like Nextel Speakerphones,
a KINGless throne, like a beat without a home,
I would rathe never record, than to see my sound get cloned,
or to Be around a clone, like a Star Wars jedi,
or rather Star Trak, I've been Seeing Sounds before....
I could hear them, now this Poet in the mirror got MY BACK,
and Bentley, and Benz's, it's as clear as corrective lenses,
I can SEE now, soon as my wallet start gettin' heavy,
all this pressure on my Levies, could drown a whole city,
1st check, how many figures? I figure 8,
hopped out that INFINITI into a figure 8,
Same Thing, only on my dinner plate, now a BIGger steak,
living Great, I rate a 94...like the interstate,
that means the teacher gives an Am til' I wake,
and notice, like evictions, that this isn't my day,
better yet, this isn't the way, I'm tryna BE,
but these tracks like PONY's, I jump on it, nobody Genu-wine as me,
PAGE ONE, young boy with too many years too count,
PAGE TWO, foreign cars with too many gears too count,
PAGE THREE, his times up and he fears that now,
PAGE FOUR is when the tears come down, HEAR ME OUT,
Cause....every page is a stage, and every age brings a change,
every BOOK is a new life, starting plainer than Lay's,
ORIGINAL....a feature that's prolly good for you to follow,
PRAY for me, because they tell me HollyWood can make you Hollow.
Chapter One
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The Flavor of Love.....[with a hint of Lemon]

So.....
I like this girl right?
.....THE END lol

I'm currently at my 2nd job (Music being my first)....Only working 4 hours today.

I know it seems 100% pointless to work for that little bit of time, but believe me, until I'm shaking hands with Pharrell Williams and Charles Hamilton at Lupe Fiasco's house....it's what I'm gonna be doing 5 days a week. I can't really complain though, because workin at a hotel I get a chance to meet a lot of chilhood idols, and even a few hot names in today's times.

Like last week when Joe Budden comes in with his knockout of a girlfriend and checks in with these local radio station VJs....I'm just clockin into my shift like "is that Joe Budden?"

....and you know Joe got that swag that you just can't teach, he's like,

"c'mon let's go upstairs and make babies" and laughs.

He must have seen the jealousy in my eyes lol. Of course a Phillies fitted.

Then there were the wrestlers...I, once again, walk in on ManKind (Dude Love, Cactus Jack, Mick Foley) and Booker T. (Booker T. lol) checking in at the front desk. I been watching these guys since I was allowed to watch t.v.

I always keep my cool like they're just regular people though, because....well....they are.

If I met Barack Obama, I would dap him up the same way I dap up the van driver's at my job. Give him the pound and keep it moving.

NO DISRESPECT to celebrities, but really though.....no one is better than the next person because they are richer. There are plenty of cold-blooded murderers that have millions of dollars.

.....and who is to say that if a doctor arrives at a restaurant at the same time as lil Wayne, that lil Wayne won't get seated first because he's a ST*R?? It's kinda sad when you really think about it....we're really living in a world with hierarchy?? I thought feudalism was one of those back in the day, history book, things.....guess not.

and o yea....in case you didn't remember.

I like this girl lol. I'm writing a poem for her as we speak.....

:/

A-Sharp is.......such a sucker for pretty smiles.

Eyes don't Fail Me Now! lol

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L A Tizz Easy

Class starts at 9:30 and if you can see when im posting this, I've got maybe 3 minutes to get there. I'm going though. Excited about today tho, I'm definitely writing more and more. I mean I'm finishing like five or six songs a day when I'm focused. I love every second of it too.
BUT....
Nothing in the world can be easy right?? I still don't understand why the "producers" wanna act funny now. Everything was going good, 'Welcome to BoardRoom', 'Free Studio Time', 'Here's a CD full of beats'.......but now it seems like it was easier to get in the studio when we were paying. Now it's like "Can we get a hour or two today?"
----"I gotta session"
MAN Why bring us on to your label and not treat us like we deserve to be there. I could definitely have waited a little bit longer and tried to get on with somebody major. Yea, it would have cost more in the end, but we trust these guys enough to put album ONE in their hands.
So when I asked Dre for some time yesterday and his text said....and I quote
"9:30. Confirm by 8:15 or im not leavin my house. If u confirm, b on time or im gone. 1."
Where did that come from??
I'm lookin at my phone like....ok, am I messin you up by askin you to do your job bro?
I know you got a fam, and whatnot...But it's been like 2 or 3 LONG weeks since I got a chance to go to the studio. and When we were paying by the hour, we could come in like 4 times in a week. What is this like the trial period or something.....are we gettin the "freshman beatdown"?
I still feel like we can get this Show on the road with BoardRoom, but I'm waiting on them to get as serious about our music as we are. They said it themselves, We bring a different sound to VA. We're tryna change the image of Virginia that we have right now because right now, people think that VA is just a mixture of every other state compiled in one. The Hip-Hop Dump.
We are not N.Y., and we are not Philly, We have something new to bring to the world, and we are gonna get our message out any way that we can.
9:40....Official Late for Class

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Swag-GED Out!

It's gettin a little crazy now. School, Work, Career....kinda want to just pick one, but I need all three. So for now, all I can do is complain lol. ummmm Yesterday, went to the studio (on time) and the engineer (not on time) was not on the same page we were. This is probably the 1st time I left the studio and was not at all satisfied with the end product. Now we have to go through the dramatic routine of telling him that he pretty much ruined the song, that should be fun.

On the bright side though, I seem to be having a pretty good day. I went through math class and actually answered questions and took notes.

Now is where it has a chance to be a ugly day....a mandatory meeting at "work", better known as hell from 3 to 11. What could they possibly want to talk to me about?? Maybe a raise...lol. Not even I could keep a straight face saying that. Wait....isn't there a recession or something going on? Don't I work at a hotel? Don't you stay there for luxury? Do people still have luxury money these days?? Well....guess i COULD be getting fired. :/ Man this album better hurry up and drop.

www.myspace.com/cypherva..... I bet if you go to that page maybe twice today, and listen to every song three times, we could probably get a record deal from Tom