e-40 - Tell It Like It Is - The Ball Street Journal

Hustle hard. You cant stop me, and I cant stop you. Keep ya head up. Love you my Nicca, but life goes on.

Big Ups to 5th Ave.!!

very humble guy, latest addition to the SWAGGABACKMGMT team, he will be a part of the booking department. we are really looking forward to working with this guy! in case you did not know this.. SWAGGABACKMGMT+ 5th ave + the insomniaks = GREATNESS.




you can also check out 5th at

www.myspace.com/theneighborhoodlum

BA-ROCKY OBAMA 08!!

PLEASE GO OUT AND VOTE!!!

About Haters...

What do you do when you see people in your rear view. You know you can't stop to acknowledge them. Like T.I said, 'they are like bitches'. You don't show them attention they get envious. They can't say what they feel, but expect you to understand. I understand alright. I accept people for what they are. A wise man once told me to "aim all arrows at myself before I aim it at someone else".
I've been aiming arrows at myself for years. Which is why I thank the lord for all situations that occur in my life. The ying and the yang. Without the good you don't notice the bad. Without the mediocre you don't see the greatness. The weak gather in bunches, it's a survival mechanism (ironic), Like Jay said, "why kill the puppet and leave Gippetto alive"..."imma dig one hole to bury all you alive". So Thanks. So to all the envious , haters, bitches, men, women, enjoy these videos....

one love- Tony "Crown Prince"

Jay-Z - Lost One

OK OK, I know we all heard this before but like Jay said its not a diss song its a real song.

Supa Laj

Supa Laj, I'm feelin ya style. Shouts to Souf for puttin me on this guy. Don't trip bout the cheap video, listen to the flow.

CLEAN BILL OF WEALTH. BY STEPHEN PIERCE.

Shouts out to Miko for bringing this to my attention! Love this, I've watched it like 4 times.











Enjoy.... Tony

Swaggabackmgmt own Artist "Mc Souferior" Let The Madness Begin

The Hardworking artist from Sierra Leone:

Mc Souferior has been everywhere in the Northern California Region the past three months grinding and putting on spectacular shows at each venue. His work ethic does not stop at the venues, as he attacks the studio with the same hunger. After working with "DOEY ROCK" from E 40'S SICK WIT IT RECORDS, Souferior has also joined forces with Blakka P, and look out for feature with One of Africa's prominent Mc's "Sauce Kid" from Nigeria. Be on the look out for the next International Superstar to hit the world.

Booking Info
Swaggaback Management
Phone: (916) 271-8885
(916) 868-9137

Bill O'Reilly talks about Nas' Protest

Wow!!!

GOOSE BUMPS SONG OF THE WEEK: Collie Buddz "Blind to you haterz"

Goose Bump song of the week this week is Collie Buddz. I heard this song for the first time last night. The song gave me goose bumps when I heard it. I have played it about 6 times in the last hour.






[Chorus:]
I'm blind to you haterz,
Cant touch me war instigators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

Said I'm blind to you haterz,
Cant touch me rumor creators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

[Verse 1:]
When tings don pop off,
Dem a smile and dey laugh,
Dem would ah love to see you fall by the waste side.
Dem holla big up your past, spread for you down fall fast,
And trigger both bomb blasts, like dem nah no pride.

Let's give love to the yout dem,
When dem brother murder fe nothing no way
Send out me seeds to the yout dem,
Praise the almighty don't go astray.

[Chorus]
Said I'm blind to you fuckin haterz,
Cant touch me bullshit creators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

Said I'm blind to you haterz,
Cant touch me war instigators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

[Verse 2:]
Unu dem dey a talk, that's true me white like chalk,
Likkle p*ssy hole gwaan play the race card.
Dem holla aye p'wan me yard, that's true me modda(mother) work hard,
Hundred foot high cause she wan swim in ah the tide.

Let's give love to the yout dem,
Who Jah bless no man curse no way,
Send out me seeds to the yout dem,
Only faith cause tomorrow's another day.

[Chorus]
Said I'm blind to you fuckin haterz,
Cant touch me bullshit creators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

Said I'm blind to you haterz,
Cant touch me war instigators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

[Verse 3:]
Unu cant tell me nothing Mr. Envy,
Use the talent and di voice that God ah send me
Nuff people out there rotten, chattin and dem friend me,
But behind my back dem wan end me.
But me nah give a damn, buy house and a piece a land,
Me walk in ah me timberland, no tell me about no simpleton
Its true unu see me damn, only father feed me and,
you nah wan see me cross the line, unu better now.

[Chorus]
I'm blind to you haterz,
Cant touch me war instigators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

Said I'm blind to you haterz,
Cant touch me rumor creators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

[Chorus]
I'm blind to you haterz,
Cant touch me bullshit creators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

Said I'm blind to you fuckin haterz,
Cant touch me war instigators,
Me said where is the love lately,
Ask you how the world ah run so.

Im blind to you , unu better now
Said Im blind to you , unu better now

Letting everyone know Prodigy of Mobb Deep was nasty.

On saturday afternoon Myself, Tony, Zain, and Fotay were talking hip hop "like always, that's what we do, it's our job", I bought up a bold statement saying that Prodigy of Mobb Deep in 98/99 was just as good as Jay Z if not better. I stand strong in my statement, Alot of consumers were not felling Prodigy or Mobb Deep for alot of reasons but truth is truth, and here is some proof:

[Prodigy]
Yo, the lost page of a wild rhyme writin nigga
P holds the pen tightly, explode nightly
I count on one finger all y'all rap niggaz that excite me
Y'all niggaz is trash rap - wanna fight me?
You shook to death, take breaths and step lightly
Y'all Little League niggaz is soft boiled, it might be
spent too much time with wifey, come out to play
with the hard-headed, Infamous song torture
Crack your knuckles, buckle up your pants tight
Pull your hats down, let's get it on like papi bar fights
My spiral book, hold the world's most lethal
There's no cure, for what my pen do neither
Bring the fever, y'all niggaz is the rap Justin's
While we was gone for a moment, y'all kept the crowd goin now
move over bacon, time for som'in meatier
Your shit's weak, your best song was mediocre
Fuck a penis, how dare you entertain the thought
that you could come out to challenge me in blood talk?
Take a walk jerk this ain't Levert, Sweat and Johnny Gill
This is rap for real, somethin you feel
You catch a chill when you hear the Mobb bang through your stereo
It's heavy metal for the black people, rock'n'roll
but it's hip-hop though, my drug music
It's thereapeutic to the user, you slam dance to it

BEAUTIFUL SONG

I just heard this song for the first time today. I've probably played it like 8 times straight. Great message. Shouts to The Game. I might have to cop that LAX album after all.

DEAD PRESIDENTS. JIGGA AT HIS FINEST!

The Joint on Reasonable Doubt was different from the video...

The Insomniaks: Nothing more to be said!!

Miami Dolphin Jason Taylor Wants You To Fight Animal Cruelty

I was watching T.v. and i saw this commercial, the next thing that crossed my mind was Michael Vick. Low blow Jason, Real low. Lol. Anybody know when Vick getting out?? The N.F.L. needs him.

Funkmaster flex New York City's #1 Radio D.J.

Suprisingly Flex talking with some nuts.

What Happened to Hip Hop??? Part 3

Early History of the Mc

What happened to Hip Hop???? Part 2

D.j. Kool Herc: Oh yea what happened to the D.j.'s??? Mix tape D.j.'s dont count.

What Happened to Hip Hop??? Part 1

This Culture is built on having nothing, and making alot of that nothing!!!!

JUNE 10TH 2008

A great day for hip hop. Yes, I said it. "A Great Day For Hip Hop". Argue with it if you want, argue about the artistry, about the syrup (sizzurp), argue about the excessive appearances and features, argue about the lack of sense he makes. Yes, It Was A Great Day For Hip Hop!!!

THIS DUDE IS ILL!

Shouts to Zain for puttin me on this dude. Sha Stimuli. Check out these videos.

50 Cent... My Man (Denzel in American Gangster Voice)

I LIKE THE WAY 50 CENT THINKS (WATCH VIDEO BELOW). HERE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITES FROM BOTH ROBERT GREENE BOOKS.

48 LAWS OF POWER
#2. Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies
#9. Win through your actions, never through argument
#42. Strike the Shepard and the sheep will scatter

33 STRATEGIES OF WAR
#3. Amidst the turmoil of events, do not lose your presence of mind
#13. Know your enemy
#16. Hit them where it hurts

Tony The Jigga joint is cool but This is the best mix...of "Amili"

Philly Whats good!!!! East Coast Stand Up, Still its all about Ny but the rest of ya'll can try....Catch up or get left behind.......

I thought Lil Wayne was the hottest in Rap???LOL

In an attempt to connect back with the Hip Hop culture, which it lost years ago by banning almost every hip hop video and censoring lyrics that appear on it's station, MTV released their annual 'Hottest MCs In The Game' list Friday.

Proving how out of touch with Hip Hop it is, MTV's list clearly isn't more than a list of recent albums that have been released with a few notables inserted in to try and give the TV station some street cred. Check out the list below, do you agree?

01. Kanye West
02. Jay-Z
03. Lil Wayne
04. Rick Ross
05. Snoop Dogg
06. 50 Cent
07. Lupe Fiasco
08. Young Jeezy
09. Andre 3000
10. T.I.

CONGRATS LOS ANGELES LAKERS!!

A BILLIE

THIS IS WHY WORKING A 9 -5 CAN BE DANGEROUS!

I don't like posting crazy stuff, but this is too funny....Homeboy just lost his Job. Watch him go off. ..LMAO

A memorable day in Hip Hop

"Uhh, I dreams filthy/ My moms and pops mixed me with Jamaican rum and whiskey/ Huh, what a set-up/ Should've pushed them dead off, wipe the sweat off/ 'Cause in this world I'm dead off, squeeze lead off/ Benz sped off/ Ain't no shook hands in Brook-land/ Army fatigues bring fatigue to enemies, look, man/ You wanna see me locked up, shot up/ Moms crouched up over the casket, screamin' 'Bastard!'/ Cryin', know my friends is lying/ Y'all know who killed him, filled him with the Lugers, from they Rugers/ Or they desert/ Dying ain't the sh--, but it's pleasant/ Kinda quiet, watch my n---as bring the riot

One of my favortit verses of all time, simply because he predicted the outcome of his death. Crazy Huh?? The song is Titled "My Downfall" off The Life after Death Double Cd.

THOUGHTS ON MONEY...

"Cash rules everything around me" - Wu Tang Clan


What exactly does money mean to you? Is it the just a form of transaction for goods and services? Is it the root of all evil? The reason you live? What you try to get by any means necessary? The only thing that can make your life better? The measurement of success? What does it mean to you?

Most people get up work a 9 -5, others get up and hit the block hustling, some get to robbing, thieving and defrauding, what ever it takes to get that paper right? That Guap, the cheese, the bread, cheesecake, cheddar, fetti, dough, or the cake (whatever you want to call it).

What does money mean to me? I know I want it, I want lots of it, but I got to thinking and I feel like I finally have some sort of understanding of the value of money in my life. I want money so I can surround myself with beautiful things, travel to distant lands at my choosing, eat and drink the best when its time to do so, and to expand my life, feed my mind and develop my intellect. (Thanks to Wallace Wattles for that insight). I am beginning to realize that in any endeavor I find myself in, I can not let money be my solitary goal or main goal. Money should come as a by product of what I do, and how I do it. In this way I can strive to become the best person I could possibly be, do business ethically and fairly, and focus on improving the services I provide to others. This is why our goal at the Swaggaback Conglomerate is to help enough other people get what they want, so that we could get what we want (Thanks to Zig Ziglar for that insight. Get well soon).

At a point in my life I was putting myself in all these different scenarios mentally, just to see how I would react if I were actually in that position. It was about four years ago, I hardly buy lottery tickets but on that day the thing was up to $ 300 million. I bought a ticket for a couple of bucks, and I put myself in this trance where I vividly imagined winning that amount. I found out one thing that day (which puzzled me for quite a while), I realized that if I had won that money my life would be entirely miserable beyond belief. I later found out through more self examination that this was a signal that money was not the “end all be all” of my life. There has to be something more to live for. I started to understand why we have rich people that commit suicide, don’t have many friends, and have miserable relationships with family. I found out that there has to be a higher purpose.

I want a lot of money; mid ten figures (I have never publicly said this before now). My understanding of this and the more understanding I’m gaining of myself constantly lets me know that no amount of money is going to make you a better person than you currently are. My advice (which I am encouraging you to take, because I try to take it myself no matter how many times I falter) is to become the person you wish to be when you are rich, now. If you want to donate to charities when you have lots of money, try donating to charity now (maybe not in actual money, but in your time). This is the journey I’m on, just wanted to share it with y’all. One love.

Crown Prince

Thank You

Ramone Sizemore: I would like to say my thanks now so i don't have to say them later!!!
I would like to thank GOD for giving me the ability to do what i do. My Beautiful Wife ,and kids. The Whole Sizemore/Groves/Bridges/Prakash Family. My Swaggabackmgmt Family Tony Iredia a.k.a. Crown Prince a.k.a Calluchi, Zain, George, Fotay, and we still looking for some key ingredients to make the pie median. To our artist: Mc Souferior(You got the ball rolling my dude keep grinding Souf, Thank you for the opportunity), Nicatyne, and Illecism a.ka. The Insomniaks. Damn that's a real ass roster huh???I want to thank Hip Hop*****As a matter of fact Lick a shot for Hip Hop!!!! I also would like to thank the whole New York Metropolitan area:Mount Vernon for giving me stability, The Bronx, and Manhattan for Hustle, and Desire. Special Thanks for Mom, and Dad: Ada, and Parris Sizemore The biggest hustler in the world he could sell water to a whale, and Mom thanks for encouraging me to be the Best in Whatever i wanted to be. Also to everyone who helped us so far. Mind you we just getting our feet wet, but look we get things done. Big shouts out to Mr. Forh, O.j. Iredia, Marc Cohn, Sicakmore, and his Famous Firm, Miss Black, U.b.o Magazine, Datpiff.com, Sacramento News & Review etc... Lets get back To work

A COUPLE OF BOOKS THAT CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE MY LIFE...

I love to read, and I love to read books that inspire me to greater things. If you like to read as well, check these books out.

THE GREATEST TEAM! CONGRATS LOS ANGELES LAKERS!

Congrats to "The Steak" a.k.a Kobe and the rest of the laker squad on the magnificent victory. I know I'm a couple of days late. Better Late than later... GO LAKERS. Y'ALL FEEL FREE TO HOP ON THE WAGON!

Is This What Success Is All About?

“Fuck the system, at Lady Justice I blaze nines…Your Honor, I no longer kill my people, I raise mines”-Jay



I'm at the office right, pondering bout how worse off artists have been since the beginning of time when music was sold. I’m looking at the math like I’ve done bout 400 times since last June and as usual the shit does not make any sense. I am a capitalist to the tee; ‘Free market system, Laissez Faire, Invisible hand of demand e.t.c’ I support all these ideas. I’m looking at contracts for authors (yeah, those who write books), and the shit is just like the music joints. I sometimes wonder what on the planet makes people sign some of this shit. There is enough money to go around, for everybody who works hard on getting a product out, more money to go around if the product is a great seller. But, under no circumstances should an artist be broke because of the labels jerking him/her. For example, consider that an artist sells 250,000 units of his music (the industry’s changing by the way. CD’s are becoming like cassettes now “Obsolete”) and has a $200,000 advance, my man should be out of the red based on my simple math. This is including all the marketing and promotional costs that go along with it, which I would say would be about 35% of the retail price of each individual unit (or someone needs to lose their job @ that company). But like you guessed, it isn’t so. We are now dealing in a system where an artist could drop A-mil (sort of like Jay did) and still be in need of A-meal. It is crazy when TLC sells 10 million and file bankruptcy.

Bottom Line: To all my artists / business people out there:

Point #1: Understand that the system is against you, built for you to fail. I’m telling you this so that you know how to maneuver in shark waters. I’m optimistic bout the future, and believe in being well prepared (that is by knowing as much as possible who is who, and what is what). The thing to remember is ‘Top heavy, bottom light”

Point #2: Try to get the best possible team around you (SwaggaBack is here for you). Weak link breaks the chain, the stronger the squad the more thorough you’ll be (ask Bill Gates)

Point #3: Disaster means opportunity. I for one take this whole situation as an opportunity for new ways and measures to evolve. We can’t make the same mistakes of years and generations past. Let’s keep it moving. SwaggaBack… We Here!

Y'all Welcome

This is SwaggaBack y'all welcome, hard as Malcolm
Dawg is a vulcan Lord help him but y'all felt him.

Been talking to Ramone, bout this blog for a minute. Felt it was time to get it out. Shout out to the SwaggaBack team and all the artists, and personnel on the roster. I ain't gotta tell y'all what's good, it on and popping like you already know. Highly motivated, internationally acclimated, cheerleader prom dated. We here!