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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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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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
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:
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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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:
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
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)
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)
[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…)
