STEVE JOBS WARNS PRESIDENT OBAMA OF ONE TERM PRESIDENCY

Steve Jobs Warned Obama of 1 Term Presidency

In the fall of 2010 Steve Jobs met with President Obama at the San Francisco airport. The meeting almost did not happen because Jobs was waiting for an invitation. This was revealed in the biography written by Walter Isaacson that was released Oct. 24th. His intentions were to actually help  President Obama on his re-election in 2012 by designing ads. Jobs had an idea that the president should meet with CEO's to create  more business friendly policies. When the list became too long in Jobs opinion he decided not to show. Its obvious that because regulations and cost of US companies building factories here they are making moves to China and abroad. He also was opinionated about our education system stating that the teacher's union were partially to be blamed for low performing schools and educators. Jobs insisted on longer school days and school years that last 11 months.

The numbers for sales will not be available for a few more days but here is a display setting from a bookstore in China. The October released book is number #1 on kindle, ibookstore and amazon.com. Though released late in the year its still predicted to finish at #1 for the year. Sony Films has already purchased the books rights.


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OLD SCHOOL NEW SCHOOL YOU KNOW THE RULES PT.3

Old School New School You Know The Rules

Swizz Beatz



 

DJ. MANTRONIK



This day and age most entertainers go the extra mile and create a brand with their message or a product. The comparison between Kurtis Mantronik and Swizz Beatz is evident physically and musically. Both of these producers made a major contribution to hip hop and changed the game for everyone. Kurtis Mantronik born in Jamaica to a Syrian father and Jamaican mother. His given name Kurtis el Khaleel and he worked for Sleeping Bag Records as an A&R, producer and artist. Swizz Beatz was born as Kasseem Dean in the Bronx and was imported to Atlanta for too many fights in high school. Being introduced to hip hop as a teen in the South Bronx his father purchased equiptment for him to dj. By the age of 17 Swizz sold his first beat which was "Ruff Ryders Anthem" for DMX. His uncles owning Ruff Ryder Records was instrumental in his success and eventual 2009 Urban Music Award for Producer of The Year. Here is a hit list of songs and artist Swizz produced:

•  DMX ("Party Up")
• Beyonce ("Check On It")
• T.I. ("Bring Em Out")
• Styles P ("Good Times")
• Cassidy ("Hotel","Im A Hustla")
• Busta Rhymes ("Touch It")
• Ludacris ("Nasty Girl")
• Jadakiss ('Who's Real?")
• Maino ("Million Bucks")
• Chris Brown ("I Can Transform Ya")

The next level of marketing is to create a brand. Swizz currently has a line of sneakers out with Reebok that are selling off the shelves, resident producer at NYU, designer at Lotus cars and collects paintings along with selling paintings of his own. Earnings from the paintings go to the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation.

The career of Kurtis Mantronik with the group Mantronix lasted from 1984-91. Besides being one of the main producers for Sleeping Bag Records he produced 5 of his own albums.The second album "In Full Effect" was the first album done on DAT(Digital Audio Tape introduced by Sony in 1987) instead of reel to reel. As an A&R for Sleeping Bag he was responsible for signing E.P.M.D. to sister label Fresh Records. Mantronik also produced Just-Ice who was one of the first east coast hardcore emcees and one of the first to embrace the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. The sound that Mantronik created he called electro-funk. He considered himself the King of the Beat for his time in the 80's. Producing and creating music from the age of 17 however took a toll on Mantronik where the 3 days at a time studio sessions burned him out. He took a break from 1991-98 and resurfaced in Britain. The techno and house style of music he produced was always bigger in Europe. His contribution to music as an editing and remix pioneer is still felt around the industry.Personally in my collection of vinyl the first remixes I remember and strong edits were from Mantronik and The Latin Rascals who did production together from time to time in the early 80's. As a matter of fact the album cover above for "Needle To The Groove" was a statement artistically that actually gave you a peek at the party in Mantroniks head. Back then the mentality overall was doing it for the love of the music. By looking at this album cover I see endorsements from either Technics, Adidas, Cazal, Cerwin Vega or Kangol should have been in the works. Even though we don't hear alot about Mantronik he has done major production and remixes in Europe on pop, house music and techno artist tracks. Also produced tracks on Dance Dance Revolution and TrickStyle video game series. So old school personas can take advantage of the new school rules.


                                      If you didn't know, now you know Peace and blessings
                                                              ~DAJOURNALIST~

OLD SCHOOL NEW SCHOOL....U KNOw THE RULES PT.2

OLD SCHOOL NEW SCHOOL....YOU KNOW THE RULES

The year is still 1985 and trend setting teenager James Todd Smith released one of the first formatted hip hop LP's, meaning previous rap records had not been set the way pop albums were with patterned verses. This album "Radio" did turn out to be a winning formula  because it went platinum and the first single "I Need A Beat" was the song that launched Def Jam Records. James aka LL Cool J also got an early taste of the acting bug with a cameo in Krush Groove. The movie was actually based on the life of Russell Simmons one of the moguls that created Def Jam. So even though he had only a cameo in the movie its safe to say he still played a major role. LL also played a behind the scenes role in hip hop sportswear company TROOP. So who would be surprised 26 years later, 9 Grammy nominations, 12 successful albums, a clothing line, and 4 novels, several movies LL would deem himself the GOAT. Greatest Of All Time



DJ Mantronik



SWIZZ Beatz



                                                   Also in 1985 Sleeping Bag Recording artist and A&R rep Kurtis el Kaleel, aka Kurtis Mantronik along with rapper MC Tee aka Crime Master Tee released the single "Fresh Is The Word" on the album Mantronix: The Album. The duo met in the Manhattan store where Mantronik worked as the in house DJ at Downtown Records. After two years with Sleeping Bag Records the group left Sleeping Bag and signed the first 7 figure deal for a hip hop group with Capitol Records. The album "In Full Effect" was the first to be mastered on DAT (Digital Audio Tape) instead of  standard reel to reel. Before leaving Sleeping Bag DJ Mantronik helped produce Just-Ice, T La Rock and Joyce Sims. Just-Ice and his career is another interesting topic. The exit of DJ Mantronik from Sleeping Bag left Just-Ice with production done by KRS ONE in back to back albums. This change was not the formula Just-Ice needed from the techno electric beats of Mantronik's to a more raw and urban sound. The British fans and hip hop New Yorkers didn't embrace the new sound at all. You would think because Just-Ice was one of the first east coast rappers to record hard core rap, that the combination of raw beats would be fitting. If you listen to the Red Man single "It's Like That" featuring K-Solo you will get a taste of one of those Mantronik beats although reworked its clearly the Just-Ice track "Cold Get Dumb". The rapper did take part in "Self Destruction" the 1989 Stop The Violence movement and later collaborated with Mantronik again in 93 with "Gun Talk". And even more recently did a series of 12-inch singles with super producer DJ Premier. So even though most of our last images of Just-Ice are from Stop The Violence in 89 the hip hop pioneer has an ever increasing catalog of music. As for Mantronix and the music style they created and maintained as a group from 1984-91 we are gonna need a third article to tie in the comparison to Swizz Beatz to pay the proper homage to the pioneer of music DJ Mantronik

If you didn't know, know you know

~DAJOURNALIST~

OLD SCHOOL NEW SCHOOL YOU KNOW THE RULES....starring





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Roxanne Shante'



Nikki Minaj







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DJ  Mantronik

Swizz Beatz

 The year is 1985  a year earlier the movie Beat Street made alot of noise for hip hop and an unknown actor Jon Chardiet played a character named Ramon "Ramo" that set the whole pace for the climax of the movie.

27 years later the actor is still unknown but everyone from that era can relate to the shout out in the theme song "Everybody say Ramo!" The actor definitely would have made the show "Where Are They Now?" In 1988 Brown University pre-med student Richard Simpson aka Chubb Rock drop out of college to pursue a career in rap. Who knows what impact Dr. Simpson would have made in the medical world, but to this day when "Treat Em Right" comes on people still hit the dance floor. His dancers Dinky and Hotdog formed a group called A.T.E.E.M  in 92 (everybody can't rap) Besides an appearance in Crooklyn Dodgers in 95 we haven't heard much from the Big Man. He did make an appearance in 2011 on the NBC game show The Marriage Ref with his wife and childhood sweetheart of 24 years KeKe "Diamond" Simpson. He did collaborate with Wordsmith on "Back In" in 2009 youtube it and you hear some of the story of the crooked promoters and label reps that left rap legends with pockets like ours. What guys like Chubb Rock and Heavy D. did was pave the way for big guys like Christopher "Biggie" Wallace and eventually Ricky Rozay.

                                                                                                                                                                     Loilita Gooden aka  Roxanne Shante' also had a career effected by "janky promoters". Throughout the legendary battles in her career the label left her with little to nothing in cash. Being naive and only 14 at the time of her first recording didn't help. She  paved the way for several female emcee's to follow in her footsteps. Shante' claimed in 2004 on the beef dvd that the label Warner Music payed for her to go to school but the claim was disputed in Slate magazine by journalist Ben Sheffner. What we do know is that she was fearless in her time to shine dissing everyone and entered the scene on a Marley Marl beat and took on the whole U.T.F.O crew in 1984 to a lyrical war that spawned numerous answer songs from all over the industry. 1985 brought the hit "Bite This' that dissed everyone from LL to Run DMC. The following year she teamed up with Steady B and Biz Markie in seperate tracks.  In 1988 she teamed up with Rick James in a song called Loosey's Rap. Oh yeah, how could we forget in 1987 "Have A Nice Day" where she said lyrical giant KRS ONE's name sounds like a wack radio station. The list of names of people grows longer as I did my research for this article of where are they now??? We all know where Steady B is and thats doing life for a botched bank robbery. Sparky D disappeared off the scene and probably got the same treatment from the labels Shante' got. Which leads us to the fact that Industry rule #4,080 record company people are SHADY. Obviously there is a need for a second part to this article where we will get to DJ Mantronik and a few others that meant alot to hip hop. And if anyone happens to see Ramo, Dinky, Hotdog or even Tracie Spencer yall let me know.

Peace and Blessings,

   ~DAJOURNALIST~  

HOW TO LIVE BEFORE YOU DIE

HOW TO LIVE BEFORE YOU DIE

When Steve Jobs dropped out of college his mind connected the dots to follow his heart and drop in on a calligraphy class. Who says you have to graduate from college with the classes that are not necessarily your choice. A man that eventually changed the course of technology was put up for adoption by his unwed graduate student mother. His biological mother insisted he be adopted by a family that both graduated from college and refused to sign the adoption papers. The couple insured her that he would go to college and she decided to go ahead with the adoption. Seventeen years later he dropped back in to college but realized after six months he didn't want to spend his parents life savings on his education. Who had any idea the calligraphy classes he took twenty-seven years prior would change the face of computers with such a detailed typography in the introduction to the Mac. When you follow your heart no matter the path it takes you, connecting the dots gives you an image that you see in the picture above. It took Steve Jobs to be fired from a company that he helped start to start from scratch with his creative process. Within 5 years he formed Next and Pixar which is the most successful and first computer animated studio. I'm not going to bore you with the accomplishments of this tech wizard  because we all know he changed the way we look at photos, computers, television and listen to music. He modeled his career after Edwin H. Land the inventor of instant photography and founder of Polaroid Corporation. Some might ask how a college drop out could turn a distribution deal with Disney and his company Pixar into Disney purchasing Pixar in 2006 in an all-stock transaction worth 7.4 billion??? You might have to read the authorized biography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson, which will be on the shelf on October 24th, compiled of 30 interviews with Steve and sure to break down the drive and perfectionism that lead to 342 patents and one of the 17 most powerful people in 2011 Forbes Magazine. The announcement of his death on October 5th of 2011 at the young age of 56 made me realize what his impact of the world was but I also thought of the statement "Live everyday like its your last, because one day you will be right".

If you didn't know, now you know.......... Peace and Blessings

~DAJOURNALIST~

the oprah facebook interview

THE OPRAH FACEBOOK INTERVIEW

September 9, 2011 after 25 years of enlightenment, teaching and interviewing people for over 4,561 shows, Oprah was interviewed live on Facebook with Sheryl Sandberg the company's COO. Sheryl's journey to the company came by way of The Department of Treasury via Google inc. Quite a journey for a 41 year old Internet entrepeneur becoming a voice to be heard and businesswoman that even Oprah can't wait to meet. Sheryl welcomed Oprah and her 7.4 million followers to connect with the rest of the world. The mission of Facebook being we want every person in the world to connect and Oprah's to help each individual find their inner purpose is a perfect combination to reach and teach everyone. With a lightning round of questions Sandberg asked some of Oprah's favorites from Jay-Z or Paul Simon? Deep dish or thin crust ? Peanut butter or bacon? In the midst of all the power each woman contained within them there was always room for negativity. Oprah mentioned a show she did with the Skinheads and another with a husband his mistress and wife. From there she decided to never do shows that gave a platform for evil or darkness. The interview was a powerful and on target direction we should all realize to elevate whatever platform we stand on. It helped me with the direction of this particular article and I've always tried to see the upside of any situation. One of the most important questions that Sheryl Sandberg asked Oprah in that lightning round of questions was did she prefer the journey or the destination? Her answer was the journey and I believe that its along that route that you really discover your purpose and when that bell rings in your head their is no other feeling like it.

"If I have given you a spoonful of consciousness that's the key", Oprah Winfrey

If you didn't know, now you know Peace and Blessings

~DAJOURNALIST~