My bookie Derek Blanks is getting around more and more, I see. I got some impressive pictures in my inbox today of DBlanks behind the lens! Derek was in Los Angeles shooting some of the top actors, entertainers of our time! I see that he shot Snoop Dog and his wife Shante, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps, and Faith Evans. Enjoy the snapshots and Happy Monday everyone! DEREK….when can I get in? Thanks to Joseph Babineaux for sending the info!
Last nite I was coming from another event when my camera guy Blak(www.djblakmagic.com) suggested we stop over to Universal Music to check out Jadakiss.My camera guy loves real hip hop music to death lol. I’ve always loved Jadakiss from back in the day and Blak was surprised that I knew who he was lol.He was very nervous in asking me to go thinking that,that wouldnt be something that I would like to attend, but yes as conservative as I am, I really love rap music. Im already hyper but rap music really gets my blood going lol. So I said,”hecky yeah lets go”!
Jadakiss was having a album listening party and the Execs over at Universal put out a huge spread for the music industry,media,radio shows,producers and whoever else wanted to hear his latest album,”The Last Kiss“. The room was filled with eager listeners. Jadakiss arrived shortly after and they started playing his tracks.
Jadakiss has been M.I.A. for atleast 5 yrs with no new album because Im sure he wanted to take it slow and really concentrate on his craft. His last album was Kiss of Death which sold over 3 million copies(released in 2001). So this new albumin 2009 is picking up where that one left off. One track that I really liked was, Things that Ive been through featuring Nas. That was a head banger. I really liked that one. He has some great producers on this new album which include The Neptunes,Swizz Beatz,Eric Hudson,The Incredibles,Buckwild,Denaun Porter,Needlz,Sean C&LV, and Baby Grande.
Some other songs that I listened to were Smoke and Guns (that dealt with Sexual Abuse among females),Come and Get me,Who’s Real,and another fav of mine which is also the single,Cant Stop Me. That was produced by Neo The Matrix. Some guest appearances on Jadakiss new album were my bookie Neyo,Lil Wayne,Young Jeezy,Jasmine Sullivan,Ghostface,the L.O.X and Faith Evans who did a song called, Letter to B.I.G. which is also from the soundtrack and movie Notorious.
I wish Jadakiss many blessings & album sells and a safe tour,it was nice meeting him, he is very charming and real,check out the video footage below! I would also like to thank Calvin&Ricardo from Universal for media coverage!
