THE NYC UMA 106&PARK TRIP OVERVIEW ....

NYC-ITS GOING TO BE A LONG ONE! LOL

WELL IM BACK IN THE O.H. MY TRIP BACK HOME TO THE NYC WAS ALL AROUND....CRAZY, AMAZING, EXCITING, HUMBLING AND INTERESTING. SO SIT BACK, RELAX BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONGGGG ONE.
THE UMA'S WERE AMAZING, FROM SLICK RICK TO GRANDMASTER FLASH TO YORAPS.COM WINNING THE AWARD FOR WEBSITE OF THE YEAR, TO SEEING DONNY GOINES MY FAM GET RECOGNITION AND WIN BUZZ FACTOR, TO BEING LET DOWN SLICK DIDNT TAKE HOME THE AWARD FOR MIDWEST ARTIST, TO MEETING WITH VINNY IDOL (FINALLY LOL) AND NETWORKING (RU 1 I SEE YOU!) SEEING CUBAN LINK, RED CAFE, AND HEARING SOME AMAZING MUSIC, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE ENTIRE NIGHT. YOU CAN READ MY REVIEW OF THE EVENT AT http://www.yoraps.com/ GO TO THE BLOG 2008 UMA REVIEW.

ALSO, THE UMA'S OFFICAL EMAIL BLAST (WHICH IS OVER 100,000 STRONG) USED MY REVIEW TO OPEN UP THIER EMAIL BLAST BEFORE THE FOUNDER JESSE SPOKE ON THE AWARDS, THAT WAS AMAZING..THANK YOU MARS AND JESSE!

SAT NIGHT WAS CRAZY-HANGING OUT WITH THE WATTSY MUSIC GROUP/SUNNY FROM THE CARTEL (WHAT UP DOUGIE FRESSHHNESS! LOL) AND THE GORILLA GANG (WHAT UP MU-CRAZY ASS DRIVER..JUST CUZ ITS AN 09 DONT MEAN YOU CAN GO 150MPH ON THE EXPRESS WAY OR DOWN LEXINGTON AVE!!! LOL) THE VIDEO SHOOT IN BROOKLYN WAS INSANE. I ARRIVED JUST IN TIME TO SEE CRAZY CARS AND MADDDDD PEOPLE OUT TO SUPPORT MU AND SLICK WATTS VIDEO SHOOT. FROM DIAMOND GRILLS ON A SUBERBAN TO LAMBO DOORS ON A NAVIGATOR AND PAINT JOBS THAT COST MORE THEN I MAKE IN A YEAR IT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. KALAM CAME WITH ME (THANKS FOR THE STAY FAM MUCH LOVE) AND OUR TAXI FROM THE TRAIN TO THE VIDEO SHOOT WAS AWESOME! LOL GET IN 6'5 DUDE JAMMIN TO DMX AND BUSTA RYMES IN AN 99 TOWN CAR, IT WAS THE SHITTTTT! WHO DOES THAT? CABS IN BROOKLYN BABY! THANKS TO MU THE GORILLA GAN AND SUNNY FROM THE CARTEL FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU SHOWED ME AND THE WATTSYMUSIC FAMILY IT WAS AMAZING!

MONDAY, MAN TALK ABOUT WIERD CHANCES...WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THIS..SO IM STANDING OUTSIDE WAITING FOR MY BOY TO SHOW UP AND GO WITH ARICA AND I TO 106&PARK, AND OUT WALKS THIS DUDE FROM THE SIDE DOOR WITH AN ENTOURAGE IN FRONT OF HIM. WE BOTH LOOKED AT EACHOTHER SMILED AND KEPT WALKING, THEN WE BOTH STOPPED TURNED AROUND AND I SAID...DIDNT I JUST MEET YOU IN CLEVELAND A FEW DAYS AGO? HE LAUGHED AND WE HUGGED LIKE OLD FRIENDS, IT WAS CAP 1 AKA RICHIE RICH WITH THE YOUNG BERG/YOUNG BOSS CAMP AND ARTIST COMING LATER THIS YEAR I HAD MET HIM AFTER MY INTERVIEW WITH YOUNG BERG AND TOOK A PIC WITH HIM AND DJ GSPOT, HAD CHOPPED IT UP FOR A MIN IN CLEVELAND. WE EXCHANGED INFO AND KEPT IT MOVING. I GOT TO SAY FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH YOUNG BERG AND HOW EXTREMELY HUMBLE AND COOL HE WAS TO THE CHANCE MEETING WITH CAP1 IN THE NYC, ALL I KNOW IS THIER ACTIONS SPEAK VOLUMES AND FROM MY POINT OF VIEW FUCK WHATCHA HEARD THEY GOOD PEOPLES AND I SAY THAT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE....SUPPORT THIER MOVEMENT!

106&PARK WAS TRASH!!!!! I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE FUNKY BUT NEVER EXPECTED IT TO BE SOOOO BUBBLE GUM FLUFF. BUT THE GREAT THING WAS THAT INBETWEEN THE VIDEOS DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAKS DJ L SPUN OLD SCHOOL TRACKS AND THAT WAS DOPE! AND THE KIDS LOVED IT! SO LYRICAL REAL HIP HOP STILL AROUND SO THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH....THE SHOW ITSELF I HADNT WATCHED IT FOR A WHILE AND IT WAS BRIGHT HOT COLORED FLASHING LIGHTS AND BUBBLE GUM BS EVERYWHERE LIKE I WAS AT CHUCKY CHEESE....IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE AND I WAS WITH GOOD PEOPLE SO IN THE END IT WAS A GREAT TIME. OH AND THE HOST ROXI SHE PLAYED FETCH WITH THE AUDIENCE IT WAS CRAZY! NOT CATCH BUT IT WAS FETCH...SHE WOULD STAND IN THE MIDDLE ON THE SEATING AND ROTATE AROUND AND THROW THE BALL AT THE KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE DURING ONLY 1 BREAK AND THEY WOULD THROW IT BACK , NOW NORMALLY THATS CATCH, BUT....WHEN YOU DO IT FOR YOUR OWN AMUZMENT THATS FETCH...

AND BOTH HOSTS EVERYTIME THERE WAS A BREAK WOULD GO BACK WITH THIER ENTROUAGE BACKSTAGE AND COME BACK RIGHT BEFORE THEY WENT BACK ON AIR WITH THIER ENTOURAGE AND AT THE END OF THE SHOW, THEY DIDNT TAKE 10 MIN TO SAY HI TO THE KIDS THEY LITERALLY AIMED FOR THE EXIT WAVED AND SAID BYE AND DUCKED TO THE BACKSTAGE. I DONT GIVE A FUCK WHO YOU ARE, THESE KIDS CAME TO SEE YOU NOT WATCH THE VIDEOS THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT AT HOME, YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU COULDNT HAVE DONE A MEET AND GREET OR WALKED OVER TO EACH SECTION AND SAID HI? WOW! THATS GARBAGE! MAN I MISS THE REAL 106&PARK WHEN IT ACTUALLY WAS FOR HIP HOP. GREAT THING WAS TI'S VIDEO HAD A HIGH COUNTDOWN SO THAT WAS DOPE TOO.

MONDAY NIGHT AFTER THE SHOW I CAUGHT UP WITH DONNY GOINES AND WE WENT OUT FOR A BITE AND CHILLED. NOW I HAVE CONNECTED WITH DONNY SINCE MAN 06 SINCE HE HAD LIKE 10 FRIENDS ON MYSPACE, 4 PICS IN HIS ALBUMS TAKEN AT HIS HOUSE, 1 MIXTAPE/ALBUM AVAILABLE, AND NO MEDIA ATTENTION...NOW HE HAS MAN TONS OF MEDIA HES BEEN ON EVERY SINGLE MAJOR HIP HOP WEBSITE ON THE PLANET, FROM ALLHIPHOP.COM TO YORAPS.COM TO HIPHOPDX.COM BALLERSTATUS.COM ITS CRAZY! GOT MULTI ALBUMS/MIXTAPES OUT AND PROFESSIONAL PICS THAT ARE AMAZING! SO WE GOT TO HANG OUT FINALLY AFTER 2 YEARS OF INTERNET AND EMAILS, AND I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS GREAT. ANOTHER ARTIST SO DOWN TO EARTH HE REALLY DESERVES EVER INCH HE FIGHTS FOR IN THIS GAME....SUPPORT HIM HE IS IN MY TOP FRIENDS.
MONDAY LATE NIGHT-WE WONT TALK ABOUT, BUT FAM I LOVE YOU AND GALD YOU OK!

TUESDAY GOT UP, GOT TO LAGUADIA AND GOT MY HAPPY ASS HOME. AGRIVATED, TIRED, AND I HATE TO FLY MAKES A PERFECT SITUATION TO DRINK ON THE PLANE! SO AS I STUMBLED OFF THE PLANE (LITERALLY) I WAS GREETED BY MY BESTSESSS FRIEND/BUSINESS PARNTER IVETTEYYYY AND HEARD ABOUT THE WEEKEND, GRABBED A BITE, AND GOT HOME TO GO STRAIGHT BACK TO WORK....
CHECK OUT MY PICS UP NOW! RANDOM SHOTS/UMA/YORAPS FOLDERS....
OHHHH AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO MR.44 (WHO I LOST IN THE CROWD AT THE UMAS) BUT HE SLID THROUGH THE UMA'S GOT A PIC OF HIM RIGHT OUTSIDE THE EVENT. HOLLA FAM!