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The 'Obligatory' 9/11 Report

I'm back like I never left. New material done, new deals brewing, movie roles locked. I'm still riding off the high of the Best Lyricist award and I carried that high into SOB's last Wednesday for Chaundon's mixtape release event/concert. It was kind of nuts with all the performers that are also featured on his CD. Sean Price, Skyzoo, Poison Pen, Torae, Mag, NY Oil, Emilio, DV Alias Khrist and myself to name a few. I had an outer body experience rocking some new songs for the crowd in there and getting a lot of love. It always feels crazy when people get the words I put together. DJ Ease held me down and even as I asked the people in the place to tell everyone they know that shouldn't be rapping to “put the mic down,” they were still with me. The video is on the way. Shout to Peter Rosenberg as well, whenever you're ready to show me some love I'm here man.

I gotta thank my boy Memphis Bleek for inviting me to his video shoot Friday at the 40/40 in Atlantic City. Lotta ladies, liquor and I got my cameo so it was worth the trip. Seeing Beans and the Young Guns with the new breed of the Roc Uncle Murda and True Life it looks like Rocafella may be returning at some point. We were there til about 4am rocking to his new single and Beans joint with R. Kelly as well. It’s a big deal to see Bleek is doing it by himself without waiting for Def jam $ for this video so I had to come out and support the homie. My dude Red Cafe got The Co-op dropping real soon with DJ Envy so pick that up, it’s been a long time coming for Red.

So everybody's asking who's going to sell more Kanye or 50? I would sound like a hater if I said I could care less because it’s just 2 millionaires making more millions but I am a bias Ye fan. We go back to when we first started to appear on mixtapes and we were featured on a few of the same CDs. He inquired about me and I was fortunate enough to be in Baseline studio and hear College Dropout very early. I went on to tell people he was a problem and 2 albums later he's still doing it. I'm sure he'll break records along with Curtis but all the excitement about the 2 LPs is really big since we are in an era where the album format is becoming a secondary focus for major labels. Graduation is an innovative album, a real breath of fresh air; I've had it for a few weeks and its definitely good music. I'm hearing Curtis is not the best installment from 50 but I'm no critic. I will say that all the attention these guys are getting leads me to believe that the industry is turning into a place where they will be 2 extremes: the iconic legends that have a fan base and will continue to sell records and the one hit at a time, big single, ringtone and download artists that may not sell albums but are creating revenue with singles. The middlemen such as Common, Talib or even Swizz Beatz will suffer though because although the first 2 I mentioned have strong fan bases and the latter had a string of hits, no one is rushing to the store because there isn't enough hype or in Swizz's case there is no connection to desire a whole LP of party records. The game is a little different right now than it’s ever been. There's no blueprint for success yet some people still believe there is and the artists try to fit into that concept and set themselves up for failure. I'm talking as if I'm not a part of it right? I guess that why I focus on more than just rapping my ass off. I saw Mos Def and Dr. Cornell West on Bill Maher's show on HBO. Quite a few people told me they saw it and were impressed with Mos on the show. I thought he was animated and well-informed, a little opinionated but most rappers probably couldn't even get up there and have 2 sentences to contribute to those political topics. I know I would’ve been all opinion with a tad bit of fact and an ounce of history had I been a guest on that show. When Mos said he didn't believe Bin Laden had anything to do with The World Trade Center falling I don't necessarily agree but I understand what he meant by saying we as Black Americans experience American terrorism and don't have time to be afraid of what we can't see. I also believe that if Bin Laden did do it that the government was either informed a long time before or hours before. It’s tough to not pick up on an aircraft headed to an area where there's no airport. But of course there is no reason to give Americans information that would make us less patriotic. Although watching footage of Bin Laden praying, giving thanks and looking extremely happy after the event makes me wonder how this video was obtained and also what would make a country of people rejoice at such a heinous act. Unless of course they had been attacked 10 times worse over the years. Children were dancing in the street on 9/11/2001. Bill Maher tried to blame the Islamic Faith for terrorism as Mos defended it well. I doubt a religion can force a people to kill if those that do not wish to be a part of it but speaking for a typical American I also see where his ideology comes from. The bottom-line is we are all pretty much a nation without any knowledge of a lot of the things going on around us. Watching that program or should I say hearing about that program from some of the most thuggish dudes and uhhh non-political females let me know that our people may not be willing to use their brains all the time but if its entertaining or you throw a little hip-hop in the mix its a whole new ball game. Maybe BET might pick up on that and incorporate something to bring some real talk to their programming. Is Travis Smiley still on there? They have a bunch of video shows; I think folks would enjoy substance and hearing their favorite emcees talk about different things other than their new album, mixtape or movie role.

By the way Cinderella Man is sounding better and better. J. Cardim is really focused and his beats are getting snatched up everyday, holla at the boi. The Best Of Me is done and will be available next week online. Also DJ Victorious and I are cooking up a few projects for the streets. I'm thinking of dropping The Rehab which will be a 12-step freestyle program for the sick rap game as a prelude to The Séance. Titles may change but the material is done so I will keep hitting y'all with joints every week and keep the shameless plugs until you get tired of me. Oh yea I'll let out the title of that movie once we start shooting but I nailed what I went out for. Now if I can jump in Spike Lee's next joint I'm good money. Look out for me on MTV2 and on BET's "spit game" on rap city. I heard Foxy Brown got sentenced to a year of prison. I don't know if that's true but for Kim and Fox to be in the positions they were in 12 years ago and to see what they're going through now it says something about how we view women in hip-hop. The 2 women that dudes looked up to and believed in as emcees and sex symbols have been involved in more drama outside the booth than in during the last few years. I can't figure out why that is but I do know I miss the days when Fox was bodying records and I enjoyed hearing Kim kill some shit and I miss a female presence in hip-hop. Remy can't do it all alone and even she is going through legal issues. Maybe it’s more difficult to have street credibility as a woman and still maintain sex appeal in rap music. Maybe it’s unnecessary if Eve went from being a pit-bull in a dress to a diva with a sitcom. Who knows? I'm just blabbing. Friday September 14th Air Pizza in Williamsburg, Brooklyn I'm performing as J Hatch's artist Sic Osyrus does his thing at the show they lined up. Shout to Precise, Hometown Heroes, Klockworks, Mister Fame let's get it this year. Oh and whoever the hell is making up these Stimuli mixtapes and putting them online with artwork  that I didn’t approve and songs that I wasn’t even releasing yet and posting them on message boards and getting people talking about me…keep doing it!

-The Present
www.myspace.com/shastimuli

Be sure to check out the new joint from Sha Stimuli, entitled "The Present" in the HipHopDX Audio Section!

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