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a young rhyming romantic from uptown dc..i just wish to do what Ellington did.create the premier definitive work for my generation.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

DC RENAISSANCE IS HERE!!!


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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Styles II

I love this composition..In art there are rules,guidelines,standards that should be applied to what you craft.You see how the picture is broken into a V.or a heart,a very femine,suggestive posture.Her hair on her face,gives her a sense of innocense,while her eyes are dark but not sinister.Her shoulder,neckline,and whatever you may see revealed in her robe is left to the imagination....cant wait till i get back in the lab.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Styles


im really fukin with this picture.ive been wanting to get back to drawing,and making harsh contrast..i want to invoke emotion like this.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Raekwon:Lex Diamonds

when i was like 9,i saw sothing on TV.
it was this stout,burly man with hard waves that had a moon cut into his fade.
he was walking in circles,rambling words off a yellowpad.
it sounded like poetry.the words were put together recklessly.broken.
he didnt make any sense.but i felt the life in what he spoke.the images he painted pulled me down a tunnel into a world i didnt know existed.the images came so fast it shocked me..then it hit me.
he was rapping..i decided then that i wanted to paint like that.
im bout ta pay homage

this the flik i heard him acapella.Black & White



my brother Chopps ji remind me of Rae a lil bit too.
i feel we all working to be legends in our own right.
to pioneer sothing compelling,and further our culture.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

WuTang Clan:Legends

tryin tour in Hawaii on the flip

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Cinema Sunday:Fritz the Cat

so,every sunday im gona post up some visuals that usually keep me rollin on slow sundays.
oh,and if i start a series,i mos
enjoy.

Friday, March 26, 2010

A Gem i got back in the Autumn


9am
i wake up
think about estrogen
smh..shlda thanked allah 1st

sendin emails
she tweets me
(bak from Europe alrdy?)
she miss me

whatevah...(foreal?)
she tweets me back
we shld meet
..

gtown
im choppin
thro dupont
lightin a beadie

beneton kids on the corner
she gained weight
it suits her
she cant see me checkin her out in my shades

walk down the path
i love this weather autumns brwns n yellows
i start talkin about how bambi is the story of a black boy from the projects
she took my picture




it starts rainin
im under her umbrella
fuck this
hit her condo

i raid her freezer
she smiles
im hungry
(insert innuendo here)

2hrs latah
im half naked
tryin on 29/30 denims
she was the manager at Rugby

Devil Wears Prada on the flatscreen
she flashin a brother
where i come from
after that loving is automatic

2hrs latah
im at the bus stop
with a bag full of jeans
regretin my advancment

2 dys latah
she tweets me back
i call her
her phones dicnnted

2 dys latah
i run into her gf at the Diner
she moved to Africa
sothin bout Peacorp payin for college

...
i blink 2wice
the 2nd hit my lapel
it all started when i woke up wrng
what my mayn here is trying to say is..is that when you put forth a thought,it echoes out eventually manifesting itself.so you have to control your thoughts.it is literally the key to shaping your reality.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

NGM1GRAND

this is my 2econd official tape.
the 1irst one was "The Purple Rain tape".
ive done a series in between..

"Marvel University"
"the Grape Ape tape"
"Skullkids del Brasil"
"the Uptown Apollo tape"

only a few of these have been released.i held them because when i finished them,i thought they were mediocre..subpar..i had grown so much during the process the product of my development wasn't as important to me as my stance in the end...and this is the first product i feel proper suited to present to my people.heavy production from Napalm of the M1Platoon.Banquo.Vaughn Garcia.a soundtrack to the 21st G Washington DC.  

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

R.I.P. Lex McQueen

a new friend of mine put me on to Lex back in the autumn*.i was just getting sparked to fashion.i got this job at Banana Republicon,and right across the lane there was this 
United Colors of Beneton.that was the spot.the fabrics.textures.patterns.combinations.the fuck?!and i been wearing these same ashy jeans and sneakers and sh*t?!!
that changed my whole outlook on fashion.thats when i really started feeling different about my appearance.how i presented myself to the world.firstly tho,how i felt about myself..i felt outdated(smiles)..

so i talks to my new friend rye?and she drops this name.Alex McQueen.honestly,i don't remember what she said after that..i just remember seeing this cat like a Venezuelan Clint Eastwood in a black suit heh.like a villain out a noir novel.modern.

Lex McQueen went from stiching designs for his sisters tosplashing boutiques in London, New Zork,Los Angela, Milan & Sin City.his tactics were bold.to me his designs were bending the mold the classic sh*t.you know,like polos.stripes.certain types of dresses.i dont kno(smiles)i cant really explain,but all the collections ive seen are just ill.i aspire to tag my expressions cross the planet too.inshaallah.

rip Lex.

 

ima rep you next autumn..
*1 love bonita 

FeFe:Crush till 010




FeFe:Crush since 04



Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Lust

its 4am..
im layin starin at the ceiling.it could be space.it wouldnt make a difference right now.
i told myself once that i would never sleep in another womans bed..

:6 months earlier

its 1am..
i had a few bucks to spare,and i worked my ass off these past 2 weeks.so why the fuck not rye?after she finished with her conference call,i made a quick text on her phone.she said she had 10 on it.bet.i love a woman willing to add on.

its 2am..
my eyes are glazed.so are hers.and these cartoons aren't as funny as they were 30 minutes ago.

".....yo...."


"yea..im sleepy too.you can sleep in here with me if you want.i know that couch in the other room is hard"


*this is the moment.where my gut turns over and im on the brink of making a good decision,and a stupid one.now,this good decision is not a pleasing one.it doesnt entice.as a matter of fact its like being offered veggies as a toddler.however,the good decision will ultimately empower me.this i know.the stupid decision however,is caked in instant satisfaction.i mean,its oozing it.every fiber in my lower half is screaming at me lay down with her,even though i know how this will go..*

"......which side of the bed u sleep on?"

*....fuck..

its 3am..
im high..no...im high.we both high,but i know im higher than her.we dont breathe the same.she was laughing for 30 minutes in bed at every joke i cracked,lol.her roomate banged on the wall and asked us to shut up lik 2wice.it made us laugh harder.

its 3:30am..
i roll over.grab her waist.pull her closer.she doesn't budge at first.then she scoots.whispering in her ear.rubbing her unprivate places.reading her body language.none of this i ever remember,cuz i dont practice.its a thing i got from my pop.

"sweet nothings"

".....no Nate....its just not right...."

"....."

i say nothing..because she's right...something isn't right.i dont love her..not like how i should..its misplaced.the kinda love that dissappears after im satisfied..after she's satisfied.and this is a dangerous game because some people never get satisfied.it cld be 3:30am evry nght for the rest of my natural born.and we both want love...right?..this thing that we're fooling with is....its not right.im taking from her something she cant give to her husband.depriving myself of...who the fuck really knows.i just know at this stage,im responsible for myself.every desire.every decision.and i want to grow to be the type of man that is not a slave to his desires...
im going to apologize to her in the morning....

and i do love her..for having the strength to suggest the error in our ways,when i didnt..

its 4am..
im layin starin at the ceiling.it could be space.it wouldnt make a difference right now.
im never sleeping in another womans bed.if i stay out these fly ass situations ill be an iller cat.
and more taken when i lay down with her....



Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Rap Prince



half slick.half pac.
if anyone,i want to bring them back in my shyt.

Muse of the Week:Minjae Lee




Minjae Lee.young south korean artist.
son is ill because he uses common tools and mediums.
palette knives.acrylic.pens.markers.
its the complete contrast that he creates.
with the composition,the colors,the foregrounds beautifully clashing with the backgrounds with the subject itself
its complete madness,lol
hes only 19
*its women in all his pieces

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Zero Kings

so im out front the gas station heem rye
(lls,heem mean anything yall.so when i say heem,jus yea,lol)
with my brother Sol Zahran.he was copping beadies.
and it was cold as ever outside.i had on my nicky barnes coat.
its a big brown piece,the exterior look like a good times couch.
and the lapel is brown fur.way warm.

then this Elder brother ask me for some change.i aint have the it forreal.
and he ask me

"thas a zero king you got on there boi?"

"..nah.......wait,what you say?whats a zero king"

"aw mayn you too young to know about that there.we wore zero king jackets back in the day boi.they made the best stylish coats.for the white folk,but we use to get those coats,and sport'em at the cabaret boi!"

(i smile)
"word?ima look into them right there.preciate that unk"

".....yea boi"

its gona be warm again soon..so ima have to put that on ice fa the winter



Sunday, January 17, 2010

G5Clive+Nate Grey=UPTOWNSPECIAL

the Renaissance.
yall have see me mention it a mill times..
well,the time has come to start taking action.
this isnt just about music.
this is the soundtrack to our Renaissance.
our time of change.our time of action.our time of empowering ourselves.

G5Clive & Nate Grey put together this sampler tape for us.
for yall.
the young Renaissance pioneers we all are.
rock this as we celebrate life,and struggle to bring change in the world we live in
an remember..this is just a sampler.its way iller tapes for the coming seasons..

Uptown DC loves you.
mm..almost forgot..rip aaliyah,happy earfday sugah

G5CLIVE & NATE GREY
present
the UPTOWNSPECIAL


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Saturday, January 2, 2010

010

its 12:58
j.cole spinnin on iphone..its ji 2010 hm..the world my parents molded that i thrived in is turning into my own..
the elders..more elderly or passed on.us young brothers in sisters having youth now.im 22 now
im thinkin like..im fully able to improve the quality of my living.
last year?

droppin jacks in heine bottles on my couch with aspiring drug dealers.
west africans speak of european mind control.they sleep with their eyes closed.a couple of them killers..
another bad broad.i caught feelings,thinkin this was the one.again.celibate for 2 months..another bad broad....
im staring at my feet standing on a yellow and blue prayer mat.im teary eyed.smoked too much.as im whispering arabic the guilt from my high is all i could think about.
jus hung up the fone with my nephew.my grama passed.last time i spoke ta her i told her what i read in the Qu'Ran about heaven..

this year?..i have a plan.and thas way better that i did last year..

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