Thursday, 21 June 2012

Metamorphosis ㊣


It’s not about sitting behind the same desks and doing work the same way as the people that preceded you did.The goal is to take what you’ve learnt about the world from your life—and what you’ve learnt about integrity and success,fairness and competition—and use it to remake the corporate world.®
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012

★Throw-Back★

Before the beef between Jay Z & Nas was squashed this photograph was probably the only record of them together.Taken around 97.

Thursday, 14 June 2012

N●W●O


I feel like we—rappers, DJs, producers—were able to smuggle some of the magic from the dying civilization of the 60s' & 70s' out in our music and use it to build a new world.

We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax and on the streets and in history, and in a way, that was a gift:

We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the world we were going to make for ourselves. That was part of the ethos of that time and place, and it got built in to the culture we created.

Rap took the remnants of a dying society and created something new. Our fathers were gone, usually because they just bounced, but we took their old records and used them to build something fresh.

Excepts from Jay Z's Decoded...

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Monday, 11 June 2012

●HUSTLER'S●CREED●


The key to success is believing in the quality of your own product enough to make people do business with you on your terms.

Great product is the ultimate advantage in competition, not how big your office building is or how deep your pockets are or who you know.

In the end it all comes down to having a great product and the hustle to move it.

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Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Untitled...







Casino stands out as one of my favourite flicks of all time.Robert De Niro, portrays the character of Sam (Ace) Rothstein a professional gambler who is contracted to be a front man for the mob in the management of a casino.

During the height of his managerial career, Sam meets his future wife, Ginger, (played by Sharon Stone) While Sam pays for her lifestyle and vices, she maintains a relationship with her former boyfriend who happens to be a con man.


There's a quote from the movie that caught my ear as Sam narrates the sad story of his broken relationship with his estranged wife.

Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] 
"When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? And for a while, I believed, that's the kind of love I had. "
The insight from this statement leads me to ask the question, is it possible to find a woman who's both trustworthy and beautiful because essentially when there's no trust there's no point. Its a question I ask myself every time I'm entering a relationship or contemplating one and effectively that is my elimination criterion. I play this little scene in my head every-time.


I guess you've gotta take a plunge and wet your beak to find out but as I've observed.Finding that one trustworthy woman is like hunting a Unicorn. The pursuit of a mythical elusive creature.As King Solomon Said: 

"While I was still searching but not finding--I found one virtuous [upright] man among a thousand, but not one virtuous [upright] woman among them all ."

I guess we'll never know, Its a zero sum game, gotta roll the dice and hope for the best.



Sunday, 27 May 2012

The Journey Of An Entrepreneur


2008. In many ways stands out as one of the most important years of my life and essentialy the most important year for my future,It was foundational and transformational. My Personal growth was both evolutionary and revolutionary.It was a love affair with something epic.

In 365 days I fell in love, got heart broken, moved onwards dated some really gorgeous beauties and somewhere in that crazy cycle I found God..Truly connecting with God on a spiritual level that I haven't managed to match to this day..

This also coincided with some really tough decisions that I made with great conviction mostly because my soul was in sync with the Almighty and not in a religious sense.

Those were Epic times and I came into my own, in short I found my voice,I was unflappable ,

At that time I was in Buluwayo at NUST in college and was renting a crib with some other fellas that introduced me to a little thing called entrepreneurship, the concept of business which I fell in love with it instantly.There were nights I couldn't sleep just thinking of the infinite possibilities and if memory serves me correctly I penned my 1st business plan in less than an hour all ten pages of it.

Soon as I realized that the girl I was dating then wasn't G for it I quickly dropped her with the 1st challenge in the relationship cause I realised I was going to be in business for life and didn't need any discouragement early on.With the 1st cash that I got I started my own corporation Christianed it Blue York inspired by the Blue-Magic sold by Frank Lucas(Denzel Washington 's character) in the Movie American Gangster(probably my greatest movie of all time) and the business concepts in that flick are still the cardinal point in my business tactics.

I started a little project naive as fuck, rough around the edges essentialy with the quest to be a M.A.D.E man.With just my faith and intuition I set out on my life path.I had found my voice and most importantly I had fully devoted my life to building a business and turning it into an Empire.

Now its 2012 and I've held on to my dream.I'm quite seasoned to say the least, more experienced, no longer rough around the edges and most importantly I'm much WISER.

There is nothing more invaluable than experience and with that under my belt I'm gunning for the Holy Grail.The past couple of years haven't been without their challenges cause at times the tunnel vision gets too intense and you have to shelter yourself from hate and criticism.

That takes real strength of character which is something I work on daily.

My people skills have improved exponentially.My effectiveness has taken quantum leaps.I can handle pressure.I'm very fluid and can deal with any and all types of people.My delegations work and I've managed and led people significantly older than me.

I can ride out just about any crisis and there's no fear in me anymore and I can read and size people up quickly and make quick decisions.

I'm always gunning for synergy or win win.In short I'm a transitioned being and I'm just about ready for lift off.

Its been a longtime coming but right now more than ever I feel like I'm in the best place mentally just like I was in 2008.I'm 24 hours from greatness and still manage to keep my sh*t humble. And most importantly : I did it my way.

The next couple of months are going to be challenging as I make a move to launch my business full surface but it won't be anything I can't handle...I'm in god mode and I pray God will bathe me in all his splendour Graceously.

It's been a tough transition but I have stayed faithful and God has reciprocated.

Indeed the most exciting thing about Entrepreneurship is the idea of cutting yourself loose from the rules and low ceilings of the straight 9-5 world.I'm not a slave to the rat race.

I hope my own vision and actions can significantly improve the prospects of my struggling country Zimbabwe and create hope and employment for many people.If I can achieve this then I'm confident I will die without regret.For me its not just about cashing in on my ideas but leaving a lasting legacy and something that will live long after I die..If I do that then I'm a M.A.D.E man and I'm sure my Mom would be proud.

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Saturday, 26 May 2012

GREAT RAP


Great rap should have all kinds of unresolved layers that you don’t necessarily figure out the first time you listen to it.

Instead it plants dissonance in your head.

You can enjoy a song that knocks in the club or has witty punch lines the first time you hear it.

But great rap retains mystery. It leaves shit rattling around in your head that won’t make sense till the fifth or sixth time through. It challenges you. Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don’t bother trying to get it. The problem isn’t in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don’t even know how to listen to the music.

Excerpts From Jay Z's DECODED

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Thursday, 24 May 2012

Walk That Talk....


There's two kinds of people in this world when you boil it all down.You've got your talkers & you've got your doers.Most people are just talkers.All they have is talk,but when all is said & done done, It's the doers that change this world & when they do that,They change everyone & thats why we never forget them..So what kind of a person are you..do you just talk or do you Walk.

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Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Fundamentals Of Effectiveness.




From different worlds come the fundamentals. And whatever your age or stage in life, it’s an uphill fight if you don’t start work with the right fundamentals.

From the fundamentals you can adapt, improvise, and learn as you go to do what’s best for the situation and the time. The purpose of the fundamentals is to prepare you for whatever you will be called upon to do.

You need to have non-negotiable integrity, be able to envision your future, have the approach to get there, manage the plans, deal with all kinds of people, stay financially solvent, display leadership, constantly influence and persuade, be a part of a community, and sustain some balance for personal sanity. In terms of professional and personal application in those key areas

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Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Otis-Bat-Mobile...


"Meanwhile I'm just chopping off doors,Put the front on the back cause I'm back and forth,Put the front on the back of the 'bach like a boss,So I'm fronting on niggas when I'm backing off." -Jay Z

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Friday, 16 March 2012

Niggaz In Paris-Decoded...


The Origin of the term "Cray" from the "Niggas In Paris Single· Is actually not a shortened form of ' crazy",nor is it ·cray"it's actually "Kray·. It's in reference to the schizophrenic twins Ronald and Reginald Kray ...The Kray twins who were the crime lords of London in the 50's and 60's..The police failed to locate them on numerous occasions,which is where the line "ball so hard,muthafuckas wanna find me,that shit Kray. That shit Kray.That shit Kray.

Decoded


Manchester United 5 Greatest Comebacks

|Sound-Track-Of-My-Life...

|Your favorite song/album/band/artist should be able to turn even the worst days to good days, hard times to good times, break ups to make ups & hangouts to parties..

Snazzy!!!


Change The Game.


"The business ideal for a whole generation went from growing up and wearing a suit every day to never growing up and wearing sneakers to the boardroom." Jay Z|Decoded...

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

#Karmà...




As you approach Ådulthood,you slowly realise that there is no right and wrong (or at least someone to tell u so) ,You can pretty much do as u feel.All you have are the consequences of your actions>>#Karmá
Karmá is a real b*tch.... Like it or not when you pick up one end of a stick,you inadvertently pick up the other end. So take care to pick the right sticks..some may be toxic...




Monday, 12 March 2012

Why Jay Z Will Sh*t On Every Rapper: Past,Present & Future..

"Bueller had a Muller, but I switched it for a Mille." cause I'm richer, and prior to this shit was moving free base."

HOV- GOTTA HAVE IT ¤ WATCH THE THRONE¤

1.Frank Muller Watch.

2.Richard Mille watch, which he's pronouncing as "Milli" cause he's richer.

3.Richer, which he's pronouncing as Richard.

4.Prior,which he's pronouncing as Pryor.

5.Richard Pryor starred in a movie called 'Moving' in 1988 and also suffered severe burns in 1980 while he was free basing cocaine.

WHO FUCKIN WIT HOV : G.O.A.T