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!!
Don Hill’s “Get Ya Buzz Up” Showcase 7/28
This was my first show since Michael Jackson passed, so I felt like in tribute to the greatest showman of all time I had to put on an incredible show last night. Check out an as yet unreleased joint from Off The Wall E009 “Life Like This” below also. Thanks to MADonly.com
Don’t Stop (Official Video Trailer)
The video drops on August 5th 2009!!! Here’s the official trailer for the video, Directed by Joe Puma. Can’t give everything away just yet though. We’re less than 2 full weeks away from Off The Wall dropping by the way!!!
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ESSO on “The Morning After” with Angela Yee (Gimme A Break Week 1)
Gotta thank “The Morning After” team Angela, Wonder and Moti for extending an invitation for me to come up to SHADE45 every wednesday for the next 3 months to talk about what I have going on. Here’s the footage from the first week of the show.,.This was when I debuted “Don’t Stop” on SHADE45 last wednesday (July 15th) best moment was when Los from Baltimore called in… “you original than a motherfucker” hahaha that was classic
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)
Why Despicable E?
I aint gonna lie, I check comments on blogs sometimes, and more often than not, I feel like the motives behind certain things that I may do get misunderstood. I even saw something said about this track that said that this isnt a race to be the first person to record over this track…
Nah you’re right, it’s not about that at all, but I’ve had a lot of things goin on around me recently that have kinda made me feel like I’m the bad guy no matter how good my intentions may be. So when I heard the track that Pharrell did for the soundtrack to the movie, it kinda perfectly matched how I was feeling at the time.
From the impending controversy with my Off The Wall project to the fact that I’m not trying to follow the mold of a “traditional” New York artist, to the fact that tryin to be successful takes me away from my family all the time…all of these things were on my mind, and I tried to put that all together in a way that was pretty easily digestible but still has some gems in there for those of you who like your verses to have some shit tucked away like easter eggs.
Do I apologize for it? NOPE. Do I give a fuck if it’s misunderstood? NOPE. Despicable Me. Fuck it.
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Raekwon rocks the Cranberry/White Y&I Tee!!!
Just happened to get the heads up about this last night from the homies at Subconcious Threads. They told me that Raekwon The Chef one of the original 9 members of Wu-Tang is a big fan of the Y&I tee that I designed with them, and asked for the shirt in each color. Peep him rockin the Cranberry in this Youtube video where he talks about Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II
LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdTek50TELk
Hit the jump for some more screenshots:
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 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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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
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
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:
