ESSO – Don’t Stop [Video] Directed by Puma
So the video is finally here! The first single from Off The Wall E009. We played it last night at the listening party and the response was crazy. I know we said it was dropping yesterday but here it is!!! Leave your comments and let me know what you think!!
ESSO – Girlfriend (Off The Wall E009)
We’re less than 3 weeks away from the official release of Off The Wall (August 10th)!!! this is one of my favorite songs from the project and probably the one that bothered me the most to listen to after Mike passed because of how much I love the original and how crazy it was for me to hear our voices together on the record… Based on a true story, the names have been withheld to protect the innocent (and the guilty haha)
Pharrell feat. ESSO – Despicable E
ESSO – Despicable E: LINK: http://usershare.net/8iyydyil7mq3
(Hit the jump for the lyrics) (more…)
ESSO Live July 28th w/Sha Stimuli at the “Get Your Buzz Up Showcase)
Come thru to Don Hill’s Tuesday July 28th to check out ESSO & Sha Stimuli tearing down the stage as feature performers at the Get Your Buzz up Showcase. Please see the flyer for more details or contact J Hatch for industry/press guestlist.
This is also going to be the first show that I perform songs from Off The Wall so you dont want to miss it!!!
ESSO nominated for an Underground Music Award
Shouts to Jesse Jess and the rest of the Urban Threshold Staff for nominating me for “Underground’s #1 Contender” at the 2009 Underground Music Awards. Some of you may remember I won back in 07 for “Mixtape of the Year” with the ESSOcentric project. Let’s see what happens this time around!!!
You can peep all the nominees here: http://www.urbanbuzzfactor.com/ and voting starts on July 6th
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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
ESSO Freestyle on POW! Radio
Went over to POW Radio a couple weeks back, peep the Freestyle footage from the show
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
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
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
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:
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.
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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.
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:
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.
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)
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…)
