Memories of the BYOB BBQ…
The Wings were OD good!
Shouts to everyone I ran into out there, way too many to name, but eventually I’ll try and name them all. And of course shouts to the man of the evening Dallas Penn, king of the Internets. Did Dallas come up with the word internets?
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
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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
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
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”
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:
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
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.
Young & Ignorant Live @ Crash Mansion
More video to come from the Crash Mansion show throughout the week…
ESSO x SubCon Y&I Tees Now Available!!!
For everyone that’s been asking me about the Y&I tees, here they are via the Subconcious Threads website. Click on each colorway to go to the order page and rock out with Y&I!
