Off The Wall E009…The Announcement. RIP MJ 1958-2009
This is one of the hardest things that I’ve ever had to do in my career. I was scheduled to announce this project on Wednesday of this week, but in light of Michael’s passing on Thursday Woody & I feel like the world needs to know what we’ve been working on for the last few months and why this has been so hard for me to deal with. I’ve been recording my own version of MJ’s Off The Wall album for the last few months now in honor of it’s 30th Anniversary which is on August 10th, and will release it 30 years to the day his original album came out.
We actually completed the project before his passing, and will not change the date to even 1 day earlier given the signifigance of August 10th as the 30th Anniversary of the release of the original Off The Wall album in 1979.
The First Single off the Project is “Dont Stop” which samples “Dont Stop Til You Get Enough” which is actually the first song on the album. Here’s the link:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/62009300c2583375/
Please see the video as we have included snippets of a few of the songs also and if you have any questions please feel free to let me know.
I also made a statement regarding Mike’s passing on Thursday if you’d like to refer back to that here’s the link: http://theessoexperience.com/2009/06/25/rest-in-peace-michael-jackson-long-live-the-king-of-pop/
Thanks,
ESSO
Rest in Peace Michael Jackson, Long Live The King Of Pop
By now we’ve all heard the tragic news of the passing of Michael Jackson. Michael was and always will be one of my biggest inspirations musically, as I’m sure he is for many artists. As entertainers this day will go down in history as the day we lost one of the greatest entertainers in the history or entertainment.
2 months ago, I set out to recreate one of Michael’s most important albums: Off The Wall. My reasons for undertaking this projects were many. Off The Wall was a huge point of evolution in Michael’s career, his first time working with Quincy Jones and also his “Coming Of Age” in front of the world’s eyes. In much the same way, this project is intended to be the same thing for me. Musically we wanted to show that such an important album has inspired so many different people in so many different ways, and it was an incredible process sampling and re-imagining the album.
Due to the fact that Michael is no longer with us to receive this tribute I want to be very clear in saying in no way am I trying to capitalize on his death with this project. This is something that I’ve been excited about ever since I came up with the concept for it. Now that I’ve seen it come to life I feel like it’s even more important for it to be heard as a testament to just how much Michael has inspired generations of artists and will to continue to inspire further generations.
I hope more than anything that you will accept this project for what it is: A project inspired by one of the greatest. PERIOD. We are all affected by this one way or another. Michael’s legacy will never die. We won’t let it. With that said, Off The Wall will live again on the 30th anniversary of its original release August 10th, 2009.
-Esso
Happy Father’s Day to my Pops & Grandpops (And all the other Fathers and Single Mother [Fathers]
Haaaaaa! Happy Fathers Day Dad and Grandpa, St. Paul, Torae, D. Chamberz, Nik, Danielle, Jamz, Fauryn and to all the Father’s (& Single Mothers) out there
Spent mine with pops and my Grandpops…family is a beautiful thing. I think a couple more months and Ima finally have Grandpa’s WWII exploits memorized. And they wonder why my fitted is inspired by… (some of u know)
America’s Nightmare x Hip Hop Saved My Life [Video]
somethin I used to bring into the shows…shouts to Lupe. FNF up!
ESSO x NikeID: Air Max 95 “The General”
Last Friday I had the privilege of goin to the NikeID studio to design a custom pair of Air Max 95′s. I been a kick fiend since I copped my first pair of Jordans in High School so the chance to design my own shoe was beyond dope. Thanks to Glenn and the rest of the good folks at Nike/NikeID for making it happen. Gotta shout the homie Will Perkins at Nike also. Wonder what next season is gonna look like…hahaha
Oh yea and look out for the ESSO x SubConcious Threads New Era coming Fall 09…it’ll make “The General” make a lot more sense to you…
ESSO Freestyle on POW! Radio
Went over to POW Radio a couple weeks back, peep the Freestyle footage from the show
Esso LIVE in BK w/Donny Goines
some footage from about a month ago of me and the homie Donny Goines goin in out in Brooklyn. I had to break out Living Doll for it…check it out
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Big L – Put It On
What it comes to Harlem bar none no one did it like L. RIP Lamont Coleman, I pass the mural walking home 3 times a week of not more lol
Knotti.info footage from Saturday’s photoshoot
Just got some more footage from the Foundation Mag/PDA Studios shoot that I was a part of on Saturday along with Donny Goines, Torae, Sha Stimuli, AC and Harlem’s Cash. Knotti also caught some footage of us choppin it up in between shots just talkin about the game. Shouts to Knotti and Karen Civil on the assist with the footage
Donny Goines, AC & Esso talk to IllRoots.com
via IllRoots… Donny Goines, AC & I talk to Mike Waxx about upcoming projects and the Foundation shoot
Esso, AC, J. Conway, Nero, Harlem’s Cash – How I Represent [Pt. 2]
Shouts to PDA & Mike Waxx, AC, Harlem’s Cash, Nero & J Conway
