*A MILLI, A MILLIE, A MILLY, A MILLI, AMILLI*

You ever seen that movie "Amelie"? Me neither, but i used to work at blockbuster video and the box art was always intriguing.........








Remember The Million Dollar Man? Ted Dibiase? Hey was the man, he made a very plain wrestling move (the sleeper) into his finishing move, "The Million Dollar Dream", sooooooo coool!




Remember Amerie? She so fine, OH GOD!






Whats the point, you ask? Well, all of the aforementioned people have names that remind me of what I can only call the best beat EVER MADE, "A Milli"

Best track ever? Yeah, I said It! Not a DJ Premiere track, not a Dr. Dre or Timbaland, but A TRACK FROM A CAT NAMED "BANGLADESH" IS THE BEST SINGULAR TRACK EVER PRODUCED!!! I've been bumpin this track for a least two months now and it hasnt gotten old yet, a short story/synopsis, if you'll allow:


I rapped on it (of course I rapped on it, you have to so you can keep your rap credentials) not knowing how HUGE it would be. This is around the time I was recording disc 1 of THE REALER TEN: BLACK SOLIDUS, which in when I had no cable or innanet, so i had no idea that EVERYBODY AND LIL MAMA *rimshot* was jumpin on this beat. This was kinda unfair to me because had i known it was a competition, i would REALLY went in on the track (not saying I didnt kill it, but I was really nerding it up, hence the title "A Milli Exercise") and represented myself better.


which brings me to my point. Im about to jump on this beat again as soon as I finish this blog, this time with top-shelf lyrics that can be digested by nerds and laymen alike. Now my question to you, my fellow hip-hop lover, is this: AM I WRONG?

Am I dirty for pullin a golf move (MULLIGAN!) on this beat? Ya'll let me know, I'll post the track up sometimes this or next week or month, lol (Its gonna be on The Realer Ten 2: Dead Cell, anyways)........



so yeah, CHYEAH!

"Your a blood bank, I withdraw with my shank"

Ya'll remember that song? "Break your achy like Billy Ray"? "Super Soul Sis" was the song, I dont even know her name, lemme check youtube.........nope, they dont know either.


Aight, that has NOTHING to do with anything, but its 7:50 in the morning and I spent the night recording, so you get what you get, lol......


More randomness: Do ya'll remember Chris Jackson, the ball player from LSU who went on a RIDICULOUS tear in the NCAA tournament so many years ago? Lemme see if I can find a picture..http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/ChadFinn/Jackson.jpg



That guy, remember him? "Shaz, this has nothing to do with..", WAIT, LEMME FINISH!!!!



Now, do yall remember him after he converted to Islam and changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf? Another picturehttp://temple3.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/g_abdul_rauf_195.jpg


Remember him? "Shaz, whats this got t do with.....".


Aight, here goes. I remember reading an article and this man where he said that his talent troubled him, that he couldnt understand why he was so good (he wasnt being conceited, either. son average 30 his freshman year at LSU) and that he was very unhappy because of this, weird, huh. He said the unhappiness over said talent in one of the reasons he searched for his faith, whiched he found in Islam.....


So is Shaz turning Muslim? No, though I do love how respectful their women are, but I digress. The point of this thing is this: dude was smart enough to know that God (Allah) was in the mix of what was going on in his life and so do I. Ya'll prolly dont realize it, but i am having an INCREDIBLE mixtape run over here. Im on pace to have 4 (count em) 4 mixtapes done by the start of the new school year, CRAZY!


And not only that, but the ALBUM (THE REAL ALBUM) is coming together, too, but I aint gone even get into it. This things getting hecka long, I know Im breaking all kinds of blogging rules, ahaha. I didnt get a chance to tell yall how I had to chop up the "Hello Brooklyn" sample myself, ah well, heres the joint, as promised.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/15175302205418ea/ <----"Hello Bham" featuring Nicole

Chyeah!

SOME THINGS YA MONEY CANT BUY.............

"Like Heaven in the sky" -Rick "The Bauuuussse" Ross


Can you believe Ross said something so profound?! Crazy, right?! Hello pimps and pimpettes, Shaz back in the building for a short (but positive) rant session.

Well, its 3:46 in the A.M. and ya boy's recording songs, I LOVE IT! I swear that if there is one message that I want to get through to my listeners, it is this one profound thing; I-AM-THE-BEST-RAPPER-ALIVE!


lol..........



OKAY, if there's two messages that i want to get across to my listeners, its that i am the best rapper alive and we all should enjoy our lives while we have it. Life is so short, its ridiculous, so i just really hope and pray that all my people are enjoying this time God has given them on the earth. Right now Im having the time of my life recording songs and sending them to collaborators and dj's and all that other hip-hop stuff, ITS GREAT!


sorry I wasnt emo tonight, maybe when im making a love song, lol.

hollerrrrrrrrrrrrrr..............

did I mention Im thinking about puttin out a mixtape a month until my album drops? eh........


PEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Aight, Im on Eminen now.......

"If I Get Locked Up Tonight". I just listened to Ehlzhi, Lupe, Fabolous, Joe Budden, Paul Cain and E. Ness. Lyricists soothe this savage beast, lol...



Sorry, being random, lets be MORE RANDON, EH!?!??!

uh,


Two words

Im nervous

Not Really

Just Scared

Hold On

Scared's worse

Lets say

Nervous, yes!



lol, sorry folks, just tryna keep ya'll updated. Big show tomorrow. Back on the old stomping (staying in my room) grounds of AAMU, my Alma Mater. I really aint nervous, Im a bit to arrogant on the mic to be nervous. Lets just say that I have....."other concerns", lol, ones that I might speak on later or never mention again.


But in the meantime, whatever my feeling is, Im gonna listen to a tad more lyrical veracity (<---big word for 3 A.M.) before I go to sleep, CHYEAH!



"I used to be a lonely man, lonely and mad/Til I made a million dollars....."

CRS? NAH! THE TRIANGE OFFENSE?! NOPE!!!!

The Re-up Gang?! Ummmmmm, maybe........yeah, The Re-up Gang*


Oh, sorry folks, thinking (typing?) out loud. Whats good, friends?! Shaz back IN THE BUILDING with a little more insight on the goinz on of the aspiring emcee which is me.

Soooooooo, me and the crew, the might (Mighty Mighty) DSA, went to Club Focus last night to knock the performance rust off of us, get back accustomed to being behind the mic. Now, our plan was to perform one of the songs that we're performing this weekend at the Black Arts Festival. The song we wanted to perform was "Captainilism Works", one of our definite bangers. So the entire week leading up to last night, we're thinking thats the song we're gonna rock............WRONG! WRONG!!!!!

After we did all the rehearsing and remembering our lines, checking ad-libs and whatnot, we couldnt even do the song. Not because they wouldnt let us (Cause the host, Joi Tiffany, was very accomidating, but BECAUSE WE COULD'NT GET THE BEAT BURNED ON TO A C.D.!!!!!!

Tried it on my comp, NOTHING!

Tried it on Black Natives computer, NADDA!!!!!!

Me and Laz (The Native) are spazzing out (who still says that word?) cause our plans are ruined and we dont know what to do. On the 25th hour (which is 8:45 for us, cause we tryna get in free), Frank Yeiger makes an executive decision at says that we need to leave without the beat and just go to the club and perform some poetry instead. Seeing this as our final viable option, we proceeded to the club, thinking of what we might spit once we got there.....


This blog is long as HECK, Imma have to give ya'll a mp3 at the end of it.........


So we get to the club at 8:59 (free! yessssssss!) and are some of the first ones to get there. Before I tell you how bad (bad meaning good) we murked it, I gotta tell about the hostess, the previously mentioned Joi Tiffany. THE CHICK CAN SANG!!!!!! Oh my God, she was going through classics effortlessly, plus she kept the crowd engaged with her, ummmmmmmm, antics? I highly suggest ya'll spend a Sunday evening at Club Focus whenever you get the chance, you'll be pleased...........


Aight, back to how super-great me and THE DSA are. WE KILLED THAT JOINT!!!! We spent the first half-hour getting our nerve up and freestyling to the band (who also killed it) and just having fun. Once the open mic started, we all got into serious mode, mumbling our rhymes to ourselves, working on hand gestures and whatnot. Frank signed all up one-after-the-other, so the crowd really got the complete DSA experience.



I went up first and did a verse off of "Greatest Love" the joint me and L.C. did off of THE SAINT VALENTINES DAY MIXTAPE 2. I did pretty good, I think, thanks alot in part to the lovely ladies of a sorority that I dont wanna mispronounce, so I'll come back to it later, lol. Frank Yeiger came right behind me and killed em' with "Sunshine", a joint off of his Captainilism Works mixtape. He set up the scene perfectly, so that he wouldnt be just spittin random stuff that they wouldnt understand. He had em begging for more, he prolly coulda went in for two verses. The Black Native sent us outta their with a BANG when he did two verses from "Converse Tonight" which is actually the first song the DSA officially ever did together! He ran through his verses with ease and even brought a smile to the hostess' face with his "breasts like boulders" lone, hahaha.



All-in-all, I say we did great. We got our feet re-wetted (making up words) for being on the mic and had some fun in the process. The CRAZIEST part of the whole thing is that while we were trying our darndest to perform "Captainilism Works", I dont think the song wouldve went over as well as the things that we did perform, its crazy how things work out, eh? "Gods holding the cards, and he dont even gamble......"

PEEEEEEEEEACE!


Oh yeah, the "*" from up top denotes who I think the DSA's lyrical competition is, as far as trio's are concerned, But, wait ________________________, so that means ______________! CHYEAH!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/14108402731b8eed/ <--------"DSA PSA" some of our old stuff, copy and paste into your browser, ENJOY!

RECORDIN' AT 4:00 IN THE MORNIN'?!?!!!?!?

Actually, its 4:57, lets round up and say I was recording at 5 a.m., lol. I'm not an insomniac, I just think that sleep and other forms of sustenance are for weaklings and I, the En Sabah Nur of rap (new alias, just made it! just now!) have ZERO weakness!


As you can see, sleep deprivation has me rambling ridiculously (but still cognizant enough to use words like "deprivation", and "cognizant" for that matter). Annnnnnnnnnyway, Im feeling pretty good right now, I got two songs done today/tonight, so maybe my plans will come together after all.

Im tryna get the 2nd chapter of this mixtape out, which will be interesting because the release is strictly dependent on my partners in rhyme delivering their verses to me on time.........it'll be interesting........



Anyway, Imma play, errr, "network" on myspace a lil more, then Im going to sleep, I'll holla.


p.s. more mp3's of exclusives on the way, CHYEAH!



Shaz

HMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.........

*Tries to think of some creative pleas to cop*

See, s,s,see, see what happened was, see, there was A DRAGON!!! Yeah, yeah, a dragon and some NINJA'S!!!!! They was like...........like........like, *sigh*, I cant do it.........


I can't lie to ya'll, there is no viable reason for me to not post a blog IN THREE MONTHS, its pitiful, I know. I mean, I have pretty good reasons (like moving into a home, having a job), but still, 3 MONTHS!?!?! Ridiculous..........


Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut, anyway, lets look past that, shall we? Lets talk about the muuuusic!


Last time I talked (blogged) to ya'll, I was putting the finishing touches on THE SAINT VALENTINES DAY MIXTAPE 2 and prepping BLOOD BROTHERS. As a blog (type?) to you today, I just finished putting the finishing touches on THE REALER TEN: BLACK SOLIDUS, which was a follow-up to last years critically acclaimed THE REAL TEN. Key word: LAST YEARS.


Who the heck am I to think I can drop one 10-song mixtape a year and stay competitive in this game? ITS MADNESS! ITS SILLY and in the words of Della Reese, "I dont like alot of silly stuff"<---censored. So yeah, with that in mind, I have a SLEW (like, a literal slew) of mixtapes coming to ya'll as my album near completion (more on that later). So yeah, Ya'll on the lookout for: 1. THE REALER TEN: PART 2, DEAD CELL 2. BLOOD BROTHERS 3. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! 4. H.I.G.H.E.R. L.E.A.R.N.I.N.G. 5. DSA/80IES BABIES 6. THE REALEST TEN: BIRMINGHAMS SAVAGE yeah, man, Im goin in. So until next time, hopefully not three months from now, peaceeeeeeee1 Oh yeah, since ya'll stuck with me on my hiatus, here's a little something for you. The first single off of my H.I.G.H.E.R. L.E.A.R.N.I.N.G. M.I.X.T.A.P.E., "Girl You Know", classic Shaz girly-song.

vvvShaz, "Girl You Know"vvv

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