This was April 2007. The blurry camera footage age. My brother, an amazing emcee by the name of Ozay Moore (a.k.a Othello of LightHeaded) was coming to my house in Ypsilanti, Michigan for a sessionโฆ
Aww look at y'all still kinda looking like in high school gentlemen still riddling for the sake of rhyming pour up that Uncle Nearest small batch perfect timing now that's what I called Ergonomic (Aye) AML equals legacy let itโฆ
On this day, 20 summers ago, my crew Athletic Mic League released our very first debut album, Sweats & Kicks. With this album, we were determined to make our mark in this rap game. We learned alot putting this togetherโฆ
It's been 11 years now since my Dad passed and I miss him. Today I wondered how he would have reacted to his son becoming a father this year? I wondered what jokes and advice he would've shared...what words heโฆ
"The first thing my mom said to me when I got baptized was "Do you feel any different?" I replied with motionless emotion I said and felt nothing but little did I know something strange took place everything started toโฆ
"Two unclothed teenagers sit in a room dude on top missionary position assumed her feelings submerged in the rhythm of you and the boom box but just another pair of boots knocking to you nervous as the truth watches legsโฆ
"Once again another AML testament the curtains rise drama disguised no choice but leaving hard surmises MIDAS'll vocalize the setting wetting the Jedi for weak competing med-i-c's is what you're getting for calling out the seven brethren unexpecting to seeโฆ
"Can you hear me? Are you listening? I am the voice who fought silence to make statements a minority That's how you rate greatness? light-skin but still looked at as the strange tint reminiscent of rapes, trades, shipsโฆ
"I've seen revolution since 1936 when Jessie Owens was leading the world's battle against Hitler You listening nigga? naw, run it back I've seen revolution in the seed of Harry Edwards 1968 the revolt of the black athlete when Johnโฆ
"Hip-hop is like a second nature ever since utensils and paper skills was never rated over dollar signs and money makers players to player haters, hip-hop was never negative battling competitive forget drugs and spitting lead to live In theโฆ
"Fall fall into my left (what?) No, right hand the baton (yeah) no time for stuttering or fumbling they'll think i'm cumbersome to relay with speed others that look at me see nothing but a haze of a beam struttingโฆ
Elijah McCoy is one my favorite inventors. He was an inventor most famous for patenting an automatic lubricator for train engines also known as the "Oil Drip Cup" in 1872. As a kid, Elijah's story first connected with meโฆ
"Tell me something what do ya'll get when you take Hip-Hop with Jazz music fuse it into an abstract movement in one union (a vibe) my moms put me onto it the same A Tribe Called Q and Gangstarr usedโฆ
"Love yeah I must've spoke of the word a couple times around her but I used the word in a sense of surrounding her, but far from drowning her still I found myself playing her closer than my position wasโฆ
"Open your eyes nothing but sunshine and fun plans to hit up every swimming pool party and summer jam travel down to southern land seeing black women in outfits the size of rubberbands no question I love it man womenโฆ
"Nods to your earnings and your doings the only day i'll see things on your terms is your viewing though chances I blow up show up Calvin Klein skinny my weight when the pen touches the line mirrors the feelingโฆ
" Eyes closed closed in on a legendary road revolved around the most legible prose several pros have made the grade many retired still never known for how they played whether home or away behold the day ya'll see theโฆ