Torae, Donny Goines, Harlem’s Cash, Esso, AC & Sha Stimuli Cypher For Foundation Magazine/PDA Studios Photoshoot [via IllRoots.com]
shouts to Mike Waxx/illRoots.com for the footage and everyone that was a part of the day…I know there’s a lot more footage to come so make sure to look out for it.
ESSO x AC x Harlem’s Cash – If You Wanna [via AC's Attack of the Blogs 2]
Ladies and Gentlemen, the A.C. scavenger hunt is upon us. Grab the above song and then follow the instructions on the flyer for a chance to win a $1,000 Karmaloop.com gift certificate.
ESSO on “Spittin in Da Whip” with Crazy Al Cayne
I met Al Cayne like 4 or 5 years ago at the Puerto Rican Day Parade before I was even doin music and he had this Public Access show and was asking the most random questions in the world, and I think we got into a discussion about 50 Cent or somethin like that. Anyway, Fast Forward 4 or 5 years and now I’m on his show as an artist droppin this as a part of his “Spittin in Da Whip” Series…dopeness
RapMullet.com Reviews Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant (3.5/4 Tapes)
Every time I put out a project, from the very beginning of my career, RapMullet.com has been one of the places that I turn to for unbiased, brutally honest, “we’re not sugarcoating shit for you” critique and review of my music. One of the things that I pride myself on is striving towards getting a perfect rating (4 of 4 tapes). So far before the Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant EP review, I had 3 projects that were each rated 3.5/4. But y’all already know the tattoo, “Great is Not Good Enough” so I want that 4.
Hit the jump to see what the EP was rated as well as what RapMullet had to say about it. Shouts to Chew & Dimez
Show TuFli feat. Proven, ESSO & Sciryl – Hot 97
So the Homie Show (Polo Whatup!) asked me to get on his Harlem Inspired “Come Home With Me (NO HOMO)” project in the Fox 5 Series so I had no other option but to KILL it. Whatup Proven & Sciryl? Show u already know what it is. If only they knew about the 6 Milli…hahaaaaa Whatup Chuck!
ESSO x AC x Crack Distributors Radio
There were no headphones, we tried with the beat but it was a no-go so me and the homie AC dropped acapella at Crack Distributors Radio. Shouts to Shine, Chance, Holley Monelle & Jintrovert
How Can She Millie
this deserves to go up…LMAO
ESSO – Flight School Freestyle
Yep, I know a couple other people have touched the beat…ask me if I care. Obviously not. Shoutouts to Billy and Skeez from SubCon who were in the stu for the footage and also to Vinny who engineered the sesison. We definitely hittin up The Social Club way more often…Prosciutto & Mozzarella anybody? hahahaaa!!!
The Smoking Section (TSS) Reviews Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant!!!
Shoutouts to TheSmokingSection.net, dont think I’ve ever been on there up to this point for whatever reason, but they checked out the EP and seem to be fuckin wit it. Peep the review under the jump or read it via The Smoking Section:
ESSO cameo in Amanda Diva’s “Neon” video
Shouts are in order to the homie Amanda Diva who invited me to be a part of her video for “Neon” Shoutouts to Donny Goines, Nero, Noemad, Isis, and everyone else who was a part of the shoot.
Hit the break for a free download of Amanda’s latest project “Spandex, Rhymes & Soul”
XXL Reviews Lifestyles of the Y&I!!!
Shoutouts to Omar over at XXL and Rob Markman who I had a chance to chop it up with on Tuesday at the homie Torae’s listening party. XXL just reviewed Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant and here’s what they had to say about it
HIT THE JUMP TO READ THE REVIEW OR CHECK IT ON XXL’S SITE:
First Listener Review of Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant
So I put it out there on Twitter that I would take some listener reviews/feedback and put them up on the site. The first review came in from Darius Massad of Austin, TX who also has his own site: www.LaborOfLoveMusic.com. He was really thorough with it, deciding to go track by track and break down his reactions and highlights of each record
I’m still looking for more reviews and feedback to post up, so send yours into TheESSOexperience@gmail.com and I’ll throw some more up here as I get them
Peep Darius’ reactions/review of the EP:
Normally I would not do a write up on an EP. A FREE EP at that. But every once in a while you have to make exceptions to the rules and that is clearly the case here. This EP is so compelling that it bears mentioning.
The EP is only six tracks long but each track delivers something unique to the listening experience and the only way to address the music is to do it track by track.
Change Your Life is a track that talks about accepting your ways or changing them. He drops a short autobiography telling the listener about his background. Everyone has a different moral code. What’s right for one person may be condemned as immoral by the next man. It’s a track that speaks on the subject of ‘perspective’. We all have different hustles going on and Esso uses this track to let us walk a mile in someone elses shoes before we go around judging them. Appreciate what you have while you have it is the moral of the story. The beat is brought to you by Frequency and sprinkles a little bit of everything from the musical pallet. A little piano, a little synth, and some hand claps will get the head nodding in no time
HIT THE JUMP TO READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW (more…)
ESSO – Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant EP
This is the beginning of my Evolution right here. Pieces of the album that I was previously working on previous to me really finding my new sound which is directing my debut album EVOLVED that I hope to put out before the end of the year. But to understand how I got there, you have to understand where I started from. With that said, I present to you:
Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant (link)
Enjoy.
-E (more…)
The EP is coming, The EP is coming
Sorry for the delays, I know I said yesterday but it’s coming this afteroon….Final mixing is in progress as we speak. Again, sorry for the delay but the Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant will be out TODAY.
The difference between my EP & my Mixtapes
Mixtapes are now commonly used by labels and new artists as a promotional tool, as a way of generating hype.[6] An unsigned artist might release several mixtapes to generate buzz, leading to interest from record labels, while a signed artist may release a mixtape to promote a future studio album, in a sales model relying on word of mouth to increase the artist’s street cred. Often each track on a promotional hip hop mixtape will feature the same artist, thus making it more difficult to differentiate from a standard album. However, these mixtapes will usually have much lower production values than a studio album (such as housing “demo” or roughly mixed versions of the tracks), and contain numerous collaborations, remixes, freestyles and voice-overs, often arranged in a specific flowing fashion, much like retail albums are.
-via Wikipedia
Aight so at the risk of coming off like a little kid this afternoon I went out of my way to make the distinction between my forthcoming Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant EP and a mixtape. A few people asked me questions about it and so I figured I would go a little deeper into my thoughts on the matter. (more…)
Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant EP [Tracklist & Artwork]
ESSO – Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant EP (Tracklist)
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Change Your Life (Produced by Frequency)
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Get It How You Live (Produced by Rena1ssance)
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Young & Ignorant (Produced by Whurld Ent.)
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Living Doll (Produced by Oh!)
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Doin it Again feat. John Legend (Produced by Rena1ssance)
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Nicotine feat. Lydia Caesar (Produced by The Stereotypes)
ARTWORK BY VDVL
ESSO Speaks on the EP after the jump:
