ESSO – Vices (Produced by Jimi Conway)
LINK: http://www.zshare.net/audio/5893485394d4e9e8/
FYI: This is NOT on the Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant EP
Thank You for all the votes so far!!!!
I know the voting system is slow and it seems like it’s not registering your votes, but I just checked and as you can see below, I’m up on the list of “Top Movers” for the week. THANK YOU ALL!!!! For those of you who haven’t voted yet, check the post below for the voting instructions. Again, THANK YOU ALL!!! I have something coming for all of you May 6th! KEEP VOTING LET’S STAY IN THE TOP MOVERS!!!
Vote for ESSO to be in the URB Magazine Next 1000
Help me out and vote for me in the URB Magazine Next 1000 online voting. You have to give them a fake email address register on their site in order to vote. URB is definitely an influential publication, and I WANT IN! So I need all of your help to get there!
Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant?
I’m feeling like why hold on to my old unreleased album. Now that I’m working on EVOLVED and have some records mixed for it, I think its about time that I put this out. Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant was my previous work in progress debut album, but in the process of writing and recording it, I had the epiphany that led to the EVOLVED project, and LOTY&I was no longer exactly what I wanted my debut album to sound like.
That being said, I still love this album for what it is, and what it stands for. This album was recorded when I was still finding my voice, still figuring out where I wanted to go musically, and still figuring out what I wanted to say to the world. So you’ll be able to experience that zone pretty soon. On me.
ESSO x AllAccess DVD x Amadu’s Corner
Amadou is fuckin CRAZY! Wild energy, can insult u and promote you at the same time. Peep what he said about the Big Mike mixtape…”go get this BULLSHIT right here” LMAO! That was classic
shouts to Cortez (aint seen homie in a minute but I been seein those WSHH battles), AC, Goodz & everyone else that came through, and a HUGE shout to SS Norbes for makin it happen.
Digiwaxx “Go Hard or Go Home”: ESSO x Lady Luck
Was up at the Digiwaxx offices a couple weeks back with Lady Luck, Shabaam Sadeeq, Square Off, Malik 16, and Clap Cognac for the Digiwaxx Cipher, peep the first part of the footage with me and Lady Luck goin in. Whatup Luck? (aka Sour in one pocket, Kush in the other)
ESSO (& Harlem) v. KarenCivil.com (& Other…) at Harlem Lanes
Aight, so the Harlem bowling team (myself, Sheist Bubz, Donny Goines & Yung Nate) is NOT the Cleveland Cavaliers. We lost at home. NEVER AGAIN. Karen, I’m up for the rematch whenever you’re ready. Donny, please step you’re bowling game up homie! Emilio, that rematch invitation goes out to you too mayne.
JacquesMorel.com x IllRoots.com – Fail Whale [MIXTAPE]
So Jacques (or Jacquisse as Tash calls him) hit me up urgently over the weekend [but if you know Jacques, everything is urgent] to ask me for something for this project that he was putting together with Mike Waxx from IllRoots.com. I fuck with Jacques, Dreaaaaaaaaaa is one of my favorite bloggers (even if it’s not always for her blogging abilities alone) and Waxx is the homie, so it was a no brainer. Peep the tracklist & link after the jump. (more…)
Young & Ignorant Live @ Crash Mansion
More video to come from the Crash Mansion show throughout the week…
Welcome RUN-DMC into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!!!
HIT THE JUMP FOR MY PERSONAL TAKE ON RUN-DMC’S INDUCTION: (more…)
The ESSO Experience x Crash Mansion
ESSO & Chase on stage during Living Doll (Thanks Elle for playing along)
What the Hell is Going on Here? [Photo Edition]
Was up at FDA (Harlem u know what it is) talkin to Woody about this project that I want him to produce some tracks for, and ran into my homie CH. Ended up staying there for a little while and after some upliftment, we traded ipods for a minute like we did at the Mixtape Masters CMJ Showcase back in October. Expect more ESSO x CH in the near future? Who knows. haha!
[THE EVOLUTION PROCESS] Image is Everything…isn’t it?
One of my favorite movies, starring the original “he died before his time” artist: James Dean. If you haven’t seen Rebel Without a Cause, do yourself a favor and find it. It’ll do wonders for the way you come to understand what I’m doing.
[THE EVOLUTION PROCESS] Album Mixing Session #1
The Evolution Process has begun. Last night at an undisclosed studio location in Midtown Manhattan, we began mixing the first 2 records from my debut album EVOLVED. Behold the Glow! haha! (more…)
