DAY ELEVEN

Day 11 and 2006. By now hip hop has been tainted by groups such as D4L, Dem Franchise Boyz, and people like Gucci Mane lol. I wanted to blow up every club cuz i was so sick of seeing people snapping their fingers. Along came a breath of fresh air in Lupe Fiasco. I remember when i first saw the video for "Kick, Push" everyone in my dorm wanted me to change the channel lol. Ive been tired all day so i got a lil lazy with the design, sorry.

DAY TEN

Its day ten now and i dont know how ima make it thru 355 more days lol. Im now at 2005 and my favorite album that year was Common's "BE." Another classic in my book, but there is one particular album that when i put on i cant help but think of my life in '05. That album would be Kanye West's "Late Registration." Everytime i hear a song from it i instantly think about fall semester of my freshmen yr of college. Ahh such great memories lol. "..He told me dont rush to get grown, drive slow homie..." Drive Slow.

DAY NINE

Its 2004 now and the album i chose is Lil Waynes "Tha Carter." In my opinion this is his best album and when it dropped i knew he had mad potential although now i think hes fallen all the way off the map but i'll save that for later. One of my favorite joints off the album was "Bring It Back." Not many ppl noticed that he went the whole song without cursing and it was still hot. But this is for all the fallen soldiers of hiphop, "I take off my brim, Moment of silence for my homeboy Souljah Slim." R.I.P Biggie, Pac, Pun, Big L, JMJ, Souljah Slim, Stack Bundles...

DAY EIGHT

Ok day 8 back on my grizzy lol. Its 2003 now and theres no way i could not do something for 50 Cents' debut album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin." I know since then people have started to dislike 50 but i think everyone respects his first effort, well i know because its certified 9x platinum lol. My favorite song from the album was "Many Men." Classic record and this is a remake of a scene from the video for it. I couldnt embed the video so if u wanna know its about 1:08 into the video.

DAY SEVEN

Had to break from my theme for today because it was a very special day. The best day outta the whole year, my BIRTHDAY!! I'm 22 and i now own a wheelchair and a cane. Im so old!! lol. Thanx to all of those who wished me a happy bday.

DAY SIX

This was probably the first day I had an idea and executed it almost exactly how i wanted to. Its 2002 now and I chose the best selling album of that year, "The Eminem Show." This is my favorite Eminem album and one of my favorite albums ever. He goes in on every track and i think outta all his albums this one had the most tracks with "serious" content instead of his twisted humor. Although its not my favorite track from the album, "Cleaning Out My Closet," was definitely a dope track, so i decided to recreate a scene from the video for it. The scene is about 1:36 into the video.

P.S. I Love My Mama lol

DAY FIVE

Its day five and im struggling to find a balance between photography and graphic design. Part of me wants to take every picture and turn it into a digital art piece and another part wants to just keep it strictly photo based. So today took me to 2001, a very good year in rap. There was Jadakiss' debut album, Fabolous' debut album, and two classic albums, Nas' "Stillmatic" and Jayz' "The Blueprint." The Blueprint is my favorite album ever and it helped me get thru one of the most fearful times of my life. "Rumor has it/the blueprint classic/ couldnt even b stopped by Bin laden/so September 11th marks the era/forever, of a revolutionary Jay Guevara." I really wanted to do something for the album but i think the events of the day it was released were far more significant in my life.

DAY FOUR

I had so many ideas for today but wasnt able to execute them due to limited resources, another reason i cant wait to start school. the next stop in my musical dreamworld journey is in 2000 with Common's, "Like Water for Chocolate." my favorite song from the album and probably one of my favorite songs ever is a song called "The Light." With that being said i guess this is pretty much self explanatory lol.

DAY THREE

Its day three and im starting to get the hang of things. I started thinking about music that means a lot to me and of course its hiphop/r&b. I can remember the first time i was introduced to hip-hop back in 1st grade and the first songs i fell in love with. My parents being conscious of the negative effects of hiphop on youth, didnt allow me to buy my own music until i was in middle school and even then i had to buy the edited versions lol. So, im 99% sure that DMX's "...And Then There Was X," was the first tape i bought. DMX overall as an artist has always been slept on. hes the only hiphop artist to put out 2 platinum albums out in the same year and his first 5 albums debuted number 1 on the charts. he has sold over 28 million cds but still is never mentioned in peoples top list because of the events in his personal life that have effected his career. so while i was asleep listenin to my music i dreamed i was a "ruff ryder 4 life." lol

DAY TWO

Its Day Two and i have some ideas for the next couple of days. So this is kinda like a prelude to the things to come.

DAY ONE

Day One of my 365. I spent all day trying to decide if i wanted to do something simple or something that took a bit of time. I had a couple of ideas but I think ima save those for later on. i definitely know what direction i wanna go in. So this is a collage of the things i did today trying to make my final decision on a theme lol. i promise the days to come will be more interesting.

School+365 Project

i cant wait to start school on September 3rd. excited about finally studying something im interested in instead of just going to school for a degree. excited about the people i will meet and the connections i will make. until school starts i figured i should start on my 365 project. thats where you take a different/unique self portrait everyday for an entire year. it sounds easy but we'll see. im going to try to b as creative as possible. my first pic will probably be posted later on today if not then i'll definitely make tomorrow Day One.

did this for a scavenger hunt on boxden.com. the word was "pair."

Some Previous Work

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jus tryin figure out this blogspot thing.