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MixTape title and track listing

So here we go, new mixtape drops Tuesday for FREE, download link coming monday. As always thanks for following and staying tuned to what's going on with me. Continue to follow me on Twitter and Facebook...RashadthaPoet

"The Return of the Mashairi"- The Mixtape

Track List

1. Beaming
2. They Say
3. Nashville Will Survive
4. Love is
5. R.M.X.O.
6. Sincerly Yours
7. So Good
8. Can't Do It
9. Exhibit C (Half & Half)
10. Flip Flops, No Socks- lead single from the new EP "Bass.Keys.Drums" coming mid Summer

The Return...

Be on the lookout next week, new music!!! FREE mixtape coming on Tuesday the 25th! First single "Nashville Will Survive", +10 new songs. FREE DOWNLOAD! Check here and Facebook/RashadthaPoet for download links!

Another one falls...

7 is completeness, but in the case it's just hard to let go, let go, let go, she was 7 yrs old, little girl lay asleep, probably having happy dreams, but we've been waken to another American nightmare, cops busted in, accident or not, another one falls, R.I.P. Aiyana Jones...another one gone.

Pride

"I'd pray for you, do it some more for you, do what you want me too, guess I'm a fool for you"- Badu



Pride is an ugly think, we gotta move past it, men and women, grown adults, gotta move past it. It's a killer, talking to a co-worker who hasn't talk to her brother in 9months and she can't even really remember why, other than he really made her mad. I'm like is it really worth it? She said he had to call her first...wow. Your sibling! What if (God forbid) the pass tomorrow, and you didn't speak, over what??? nonsense. I started looking over my life at my prideful moments, and what they cost me. I'm glad that I've learned to let things be and ask for help if I need it. I'm too old to hold grudges, but I've also learned that as much as people like to tell you about yourself, they sometimes have trouble doing that same exact thing that they are asking of you. All you can do is let prideful people be prideful. I don't mean pride in self or race or culture, etc. I mean stubborn, I don't care what nobody else says, PRIDE. It's a crying shame, but that's life...."its easy to blame somebody else," but not this time" Badu sings...Let us ALL look in the mirror and take a long hard swallow, even if it hurts, and get rid of it...it is hard, trust I know, I walked in a blizzard for no reason other than pride. I know on some things we just won't budge, but on matters of the heart or fam, lets try and be the bigger person, and just see where it leads us...just a thought.

I ain't saying, I'm just saying

OK, so did anybody else watch that game last night? I mean like seriously come on! I'm not a Cleveland fan, but I am a basketball fan and I don't know what that was last night or the game before. I have never seen a team quit like the Cavs did the past two games. Lebron has never played like that, I'm not saying that he threw the game I would never say that but, his last two performances were awful! Yes he had a triple-double last night, but his energy was so bad. His supporting cast was non -existent except Mo Williams. Anderson V, just sucks, period. He can't be Lebron's go to guy on the pick and roll. I'm mean seriously, I honestly believe that Lebron will leave Cleveland. They had their chance to bring in quality players to help him. If Amari was there do you think Boston would have beat them? No. Instead they went and got Antwan Jamison?? Over Amari are you serious?? That is laughable! Lebron has to learn to get that killer instinct on the court, he doesn't have it. Kobe has it, Jordan had it. Lebron does not...yet. He's only 25, we always forget that because he's been here so long, but he has to have a partner in crime, no great player ever did it alone. Where ever he goes he has to get a Robin. He will get paid ig-nant money this summer, lets just hope his play improves, and he brings multiple rings where ever he lands. As for the remainder of the playoffs, I think it will be a re-peat of last years finals, but Orlando wins. Just my opinion. A healthy Nelson a rejuvenated VC, and a hungry Super Boy. The next few weeks will be very interesting to say the least.

mixtape-progress

Ok, so I will keep you guys up to date on the mixtape progress. There will be 13 songs, and it should be ready for download by Memorial Day Weekend. Hopefully the first single will be out in about two weeks. I'm feeling really good about the process so far. The book is coming along as well, I'm excited about the coming months. Got some great things that are working themselves out. Stay tuned, follow me on FB and Twitter if you're not /rashadthapoet. Pray everyone has had a fruitful positive week!!

Blessings!!

What?

Sometimes people don't use common sense. (That is all)

Lena Horne

The Great Lena Horne left this earth at the age of 92 on Sunday. Though I never saw her live, her essence and grace has always been a big part of my life. I admired Ms. Horne because she was a trendsetter she was one of the first African American actresses/singers who really could have been bigger than she was. Most people don't know that Hollywood and Broadway took forever to give her a real chance to shine. Lena Horne was a hell of a actress but because she was black they wouldn't give her the opportunity to show the world what most African-Americans already knew,that Lena would blow everybody out of the water. Her story is one of patience and perseverance. The majority of African American women that you see on Broadway or on screen today owe a great deal of gratitude to Ms. Horne, because she was made to wait in the wings, until the bigotry of Hollywood allowed her to do what she gifted to do. She was clearly a better actress and singer than all of her white counterparts, but she wasn't give the chance to show it on screen. We are blessed that we had her for as long as we did, a true gem, a lady, graceful and eloquent in and out of "stormy weather". The great Lena Horne, you will be missed. God Bless.

MixTape

Love when a plan comes together! Got the title for the mixtape, be looking for it by the end of May, maybe sooner, and the first single from it as well. Keeping that title under wraps as well. Super excited though, making some good music. Free downloads in preparation from the EP coming mid/late summer. LETS GO!! If you're not follow me on twitter.com/rashadthapoet and on facebook Rashad tha poet

Have a great Sat!

New Energy

It's a beautiful thing when you can be creative at the most unexpected times. For the past 5 months I have been really dormant on the music/acting/performing scene. I've been doing a lot of soul searching (shout out to Young Hirsch). Getting myself together, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Growth is a beautiful thing, especially when you can look at yourself and see your flaws and faults and then work to correct them. With that being said, the time of me being quite is about to come to an end. New projects are in the works for the summer. I have two new records coming soon. A mixtape that will be released through the Internet in a few weeks and an EP that will be released in late June or early July. I also will release my first effort as a published author. A book of Poetry and Short Stories. I have missed the acting stage and the performing stage. Yet I am so grateful for the growth over the past 5 months. I know for certain that I have grown more as a man in the past few months then I have in the past few years. God had to take me away from what was comfortable for me to see things that I should have seen before. As a man sometimes it's difficult to really look at ourselves and see what others see. I'm stronger, wiser and more prepared for what the Lord has for me. So what that being said, the drought is over, I'm coming up out of the wilderness, and it's on!!

Lets Get it

Rashad"thaPoet"

Keep on Keeping on...

I was talking to a friend this morning on FB, and we were talking about Destiny and how sometimes we can and will get sidetracked. The loss doesn't come in being sidetracked, most people lose because they don't get back up. We all will make mistakes and fall, but the plot of the enemy is to keep us down. Whenever I do something that I feel bad about, I feel unworthy of forgiveness but God looks past our faults. We must always remember that we can try again, and that it is never too late. Life will throw crazy curve balls, but when we are at our weakest that is when He is the strongest. I urge everyone to keep pushing through your circumstances, push through trials and tribulations. Our divine destiny's are waiting for us to claim them we just have to keep on keeping on. Breaking cycles is never an easy thing to do, but we have to work everyday towards, destroying things in our lives that cause us to not be the best we can be. Sometimes you can feel like things aren't going your way or that the plans aren't going right, but I just remember that if it's been done before for someone else, it can be done for me as well. The enemy wants to take your hope, and it's all a battle of the mind. That's why speaking things is so important and at the same time so detrimental. Your thoughts can be diluted, but when you speak positivity, speak life, speak hope, things can and will change. I urge everyone reading this to keep on believing in your God given talents. Be courageous enough to step out on faith or give someone else that encouraging word to do the same. Our dreams can become reality, our destiny is set, we just have to reach up and grab it.

Flood of 2010

Peace and blessings,


This is the start of a new blog, I'll be doing at least once a week. Hopefully I can get up to doing it everyday as the summer approaches. I figured no better way to start then to talk about the Great Flood of 2010. Nashville is a resilient city, so when the news of the flood became Semi-National on Sunday morning the first thing I thought of was my family and friends. Once I knew that everyone was safe, my next reaction was sheer amazement. As I watched from the comfort of my dry apartment in Albany, I sat in awe at the things I saw on TV. The soccer trailer traveling down I-24, the school buses covered to the top with water,Farmers Market totally seiged by water. I sat seemingly helpless. It was very difficult for me to watch everyone dealing with the pain of the water rising and being stuck at home,stores, etc. When the river rose above 50ft it was an unprecedented thing. Watching as the flags on the riverfront disappeared, and as LP field filled with water. I could only send up prayers. Nashville is such a strong city, as of yet I have heard nothing of looting or break-ins or any disruptions. That is where this article changes pace, living in NY State, there were no real stories about the flood. CNN carried no heavy coverage of it live or online. It made me wonder what was news worthy and what wasn't. It reminded me of Katrina in the sense that we really didn't start getting word about it until ,they showed the pictures of people looting (most mind you, to feed their families) It sucks that we live in a time, when there can be a natural disaster in one part of the country but because the media doesn't see it as "news worthy" the story doesn't get carried. I know that the residence of Nashville will continue to come together to rebuild and renew our great city. I pray that we are able to get the government funds that are needed to help with the process. The Cumberland River was turned from a quiet tranquil body of water into a massive locomotive with no brakes. As she recedes from her Hulk state back to Bruce Banner, let us not forgot the unity that we are sharing in this moment, let us not go back to business as usual. Nashvillians must continue to stand up for each other because this moment in time has shown the world that we are a resilient people. Flood or no flood.