Actually, this will raise more of the ire of the 'music snobs' who feel Drake abandoned them. Phonte collabo coming.. ~ CarolinaWare's own: The WareHouse

Actually, this will raise more of the ire of the 'music snobs' who feel Drake abandoned them. Phonte collabo coming..

(Phonte performing with YahZarah, Darien Brockington and the rest of The Foreign Exchange in Philly at this year's Roots Picnic)

Seems Drake was on the Peter Rosenberg show today and promised a collaboration with Phonte Coleman. If you live under a rock, he is 1/3 (founding member)of the soon to be on 'hiatus' group Little Brother and a founding member of the Grammy nominated musical conglomerate known as The Foreign Exchange.

You can hear EXACTLY WHAT DRAKE SAID HERE...

Now I am going to give you a little insight on the 'backpackers being satisfied' comment that was given out by a certain MAJOR rap blog. As a member of the 'boards' over at OKP along with Mr. Coleman, there is a certain sentiment that Drake is a bit of a 'sellout' for going 'mainstream'. You see, many of those same people rode for Drake before when he was doing records with the likes of Phonte, Tanya Morgan, etc, etc. Once he no longer did records with them, the 'underground backlash' started on Drake there and other places. (No, I am by no means saying it is all about OKP. He is hated in other places too!) So this move will be seen by most of them as a 'throwaway bone' that even if they like it, they will never publicly embrace. Hence the 'You happy now backpackers?" comment that got put up in regards to Drake's 'commercial acceptance'.

I think you have read my blog enough to know how I feel about Drake. I have no issue with the young boy. At all. He is who he is and I take him for that. Period. I am a bit of a music snob too but not nearly that extreme. I also can spot 'talent' (relative word I know) and any IDIOT WITH TWO EARS AND A PAIR OF EYES knew that once the 'rest of the World' got wind of the boy, he would no longer be 'the underground's little secret'. If you have been reading here, you also know my sentiments on one PHONTE COLEMAN. Hit the label at the end of this post or search him on the blog if you don't know. I HOPE AND PRAY that his talents get recognized in the same fashion and that he gets some success too! Even if it means that he is no longer our 'little secret'. Some of you snobs out there sound like some of these lost little 'boys' out here when it comes to dying and how they live. The goal is to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. Not die stupidly and honorably. Translation: The goal is for the artist we like TO GET RECOGNIZED. Even at the expense of the rest of the World 'having them' too. @ doing the songs that are needed to sell records so that they can live like we have all been saying they should be. With the fame and the fortune.

We don't know if the collaboration will happen but I personally look forward to it happening if it does.

Support

Let me be clear. I need you to SUPPORT the artist whose music you see/hear in the music player here. Some of them are my FRIENDS!! I want them to make money. So while I may put up a link here or there that they didn't 'endorse', it is only out of the love for their music and the fact that I want you to SUPPORT THEM. So please do. Seek out their music. Some of them are VASTLY UNDERRATED and your FAVORITE MUSICIAN loves them. So it isn't 'talent'. It is exposure. Which is all I am trying to give them here.. SO SUPPORT THEM!!!

Text Widget

Pictures/Women. I post 'em up ON THE REG. I post 'em, pay the compliments I want to when necessary and leave it at that. Period. If you happen to be the 'man in the young lady's life', don't worry dawg, I don't want your woman. I'm good.

If the fact that I do post up women means that you don't 'respect' any serious topic I discuss then your 'Fuck You and your respect ' is in the link below...Go ahead and read it....I think that should about cover how I feel about what 'you think'..

http://thewarehous.blogspot.com/2011/01/shoot-messengermiss-entire-fuck-outta.html

As for the 'woman' who are afraid of being 'exploited' by a site like the one I run here..Or who feel like I 'stole' your pics or something along those lines.. I have addressed you as well...

UPDATE: The Internet World has evolved. I will leave the disclaimer up however as most of you know, press is press to most people.

http://thewarehous.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-i-guess-i-have-to-be-bad-guy-it-isnt.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20blogspot%2FrDZx%20%28The%20WareHouse%29

I do occasionally interview folks so browse around. I don't call them interviews though. I call 'em 'Chats' 'cause that is usually what is like. Not claiming to be some CNN reporter over here. Just asking questions that many of us want answers to and some questions that some of you don't THINK TO ASK OR THINK CERTAIN FOLKS ARE GOING THROUGH/THINKING ABOUT/DOING. I like to dig deep so if you agree to an interview, be prepared. I might ask you anything. I probably will stay away from the majority of the 'standard' questions though. Just bare that in mind.

The popular posts usually contain enough POSITIVE examples of how this works great for both THE BLOG and the subjects of the posts. Usually, those post are a DIRECT RESULT of support from the young lady via a posting on THEIR OWN TWITTER, blog or Facebook. So thank you for that IN ADVANCE (and if you have done so in the past..) for that mutual support. It is appreciated. Truly.

Oh and one more thing...

I DON'T WATER MARK PICTURES THAT I DIDN'T EITHER TAKE OR WERE NOT ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO ME. I have seen folks RUSH TO DO IT and it is pretty damm sad. Not my style. I am not a fool. I know that most of what I do in regards to pictures can be replicated so there is no need to act like I'm out here doing more than what it is. I provide a space to see a collection of pictures in that regard. Nothing more. Nothing less. Watermarking pictures that aren't 'mine per say kinda comes off a little pompous to me. That's just me though..

I want you to be able to tell when I do TAKE THE PICTURE without me saying as much. What do I look like watermarking your pictures up if I didn't 'take them'?

You see the watermark on a picture here with the blog's name in it? Then you know I took the picture in some fashion. Screen shot. With the camera phone. With the Canon or the web cam. Or it was given to me for exclusive use. (At least at press time)

CarolinaWare's own: The WareHouse