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 – 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)
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?
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:
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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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:
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:
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!
