Wednesday, January 28, 2009

BEEN A GREAT WEEK SO FAR...



So far so good this week... Went to a fashion event, my outfit was meaannn might I add (prada & the carmine Jordan sixes mesh well). That's me and the owner of up and coming clothing line polymathix above. Be on the look out for his gear, his new spring line is amazing. So anyway as I said this week has better pretty good. Been working round the clock non stop! From the studio to meetings from meetings to SHOPPING and from shopping right back to the studio. Did a record with my man Smitty this week, It's called Miami's finest after the legendary BROOKLYN'S FINEST originally written by The Notorious B.I.G. & Jay Z. Record came out amazing... Smitty went in! 

Also got my new single which I wont say much about except that it is something special & It's produced by Tony Galvin who's produced for the likes of T.I., Young Jeezy, Rick Ross & more... Can't wait to share it with the world!!! Umm what else... Oh MAFIA MUSIC by Rick Ross produced by The Inkredibles (also producing a song on my album) is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SONG THIS WEEK!!!! I have to say that I've heard a million Ricky Ross songs and by far this is him at his best!!! He even took a shot at 50 cent. Somebody ring the bell, we are about to see a good fight. I just pray they keep it on wax. I'd hate to see something foul come out of this. Really and truly Ross has nothing to lose! I'm From Dade County so I'm going with home team all the way nugga!!! So with all that said im gone till the next post. God bless and be well folk.




Sunday, January 25, 2009

FINALLY FELT LIKE SHARING...



So today was a great day in the personal life of Troy "GhostWridah" Jeffery. I'll tell you why in second. First let me say that this is a very personal and touchy subject for me but I finally felt like sharing. As some of you may or may not know growing up my father wasn't around. It was just my mother , my older brother Roy, and myself. We didn't have much but my mother did the best she could to provide for the two kids god blessed her with. She went to school, drove a school bus and did hair on the weekends to make sure we had food to eat and clothes on our back. Mean while my Ol' boy (father) at the time played running back for the 17-o 1972 super bowl champions... The Miami Dolphins. 

I guess it bothered me more because i felt he had the resources to take care of me and never did so. I use to fault him but I no longer do so... He made his choices for a reason, and only himself and GOD know why. My brother (who has a different father) later on went to federal prison for reasons I wont discuss which left me to be the man of the house at an early age. Long story short I my pops was absent from my life as a child and we had a difficult time trying to survive but "momma we made it!"

Well yesterday I got a phone call from my father asking me to come see him. I agreed and today I drove down to go see him. I have to say it was a trip worth taking. My father has grown to become a great guy, or maybe he was a great guy all along and because we never knew each other I never knew it. I found we had so many things in common, our likes and dislike were so consistent it was amazing. Looking at him was like looking in the mirror. Even our gestures were the same. In our conversation, which wasn't the first but felt like it I also found that the more he spoke the less I thought about his absents from my childhood. It was as if all was forgotten. Believe it or not that's all I ever wanted. Just to be able to have MY FATHER to talk to when I need him. 

I got an opportunity to play my music for him for the first time, watch his expression and reactions when I said a dope line. Overall it was a great visit with POPS. He has a lot of great things going on but the most ironic of them all... HE'S RAPPING! That's right i said it... RAPPING. Crazy right? Well before I go I just want to say that this part of my life has been private for a very long time but I felt it was time we became a bit more personal... This is A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A WRIDAH... Buckle up it's going to be a long but fly road! God bless and by the way check out my pops in the Reebok commercial above he's #22 on the grill! 

Sunday, January 18, 2009

NOTORIOUS


SO INSTEAD OF SEEING NOTORIOUS EARLY AT THE PRIVATE SCREENING ON SOUTH BEACH I WAS INVITED TO I DECIDED TO SEE IT ON IT'S OPENING DAY. I GUESS SUBCONSCIOUSLY I FELT I WAS CONTRIBUTING TO BIG SOMEHOW SOMEWAY BY PAYING RATHER THAN SEEING IT FOR FREE WITH PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC AND FILM INDUSTRY I SEE ALL THE TIME ANYWAY... SO TO CUT TO THE CHASE I THOUGHT THE FILM WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! IVE MET SOME OF THE ACTUAL PEOPLE PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE DURING MY JOURNEY THROUGH THIS MUSIC BUSINESS, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE PLAYED SUCH A MAJOR ROLE IN BIGS LIFE! LIKE DJ ENUFF WHO WAS BIGS ROAD DJ, HE'S THE DJ THAT PLAYS MY MUSIC ON HOT 97... 


ANYWAY I REALLY FELT THE FILM DID BIGGIE SOME JUSTICE. GRAVY TO ME, BUT TO SOME THAT DON'T KNOW HIM AS A RAPPER JAMAL WOOLARD DID AN AMAZING JOB AS WELL. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE HE LOOKED, DRESSED AND SPOKE SO MUCH LIKE BIG I'D FORGET HE WAS PLAYING HIM. I WAS PLEASED FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. ANGELA BASSETT PLAYED MS. WALLACE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, AS WELL AS THE CHARACTERS PLAYING FAITH AND KIM. I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT LOOK THAT THE DIRECTOR CHOOSE BIGS SON CJ WALLACE TO PLAY HIS DAD AS A CHILD... CJ DID HIS THING! 

THE FILM ALSO TOOK ME BACK TO THOSE FEELINGS I HAD FOR HIP HOP BEFORE IT TURNED INTO A SUIT AND TIE! I MISS THOSE DAYS. IT ALSO BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE DISLIKE I HAD FOR THE MEDIA FOR PLAYING SUCH A MAJOR ROLE IN THE EAST COAST WEST COAST WAR!!!! THEY BLEW IT UP AND MADE TWO BEAUTIFUL COAST HATE EACH OTHER, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CREATE PEACE THEY AMPED THE SHIT UP AND MADE MATTERS WORSE. NOW TWO OF THE GREATEST MCEES TO EVER DO IT ARE DEAD AND GONE... AND HOW I WISH PAC WOULD'VE LOOKED BEYOND THE BULLSHIT HE WAS BEING FED BY HIS PEERS AND JUST SQUASHED THE ENTIRE BEEF!


I MEAN WE ALL HAVE OUR THEORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BUT I'LL JUST KEEP MY TO MYSELF. I'D NEED A WHOLE NEW BLOG SPOT TO SPEAK ON THAT! I'LL JUST SAY THIS. EVERYBODY HAS A NUMBER, AND WHEN GOD CALLS YOURS WHETHER YOU'RE READY OR NOT WE ALL MUST ANSWER! BIGGIE AND PAC ACHIEVED FAR MORE AT AGE 24 (BIG) AND 25 (PAC) THEN DAMN NEAR EVER RAPPER WHO SURPASSED THEIR AGE TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VERY FEW! BEFORE I CALL IT A NIGHT I'LL LEAVE WITH SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. IF MALCOLM X HAD DIED AT 24 OR 25 HE WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOW ONLY BY THE DETROIT STREETS AS A SMALL TIME HUSTLER NAMED RED. THESE TWO GUYS WERE SPECIAL... I PRAY ON A REGULAR BASIS TO BE HALF AS GREAT AN ARTIST AS THEY WERE IN MY CAREER TO COME! WE MISS Y'ALL IN RAP GAME... GOD BLESS

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

JUST MY THOUGHTS...

I must say this week went well! Recorded some pretty good songs... Brought grandma home from the hospital... Listened to 808's and Heartbreak the entire week, and It's my fav this week... 2 times for Mr. West! I did some soul searching this week as well. God/Life has been dealing me a great hand and I feel extremely good about EVERYTHING!!!!! Of course the music feels good, but besides my career I just feel good about living. Can't say what it is... All i know is that my attitude is different. I wake up and i feel like everyday is MY DAY! If i could bottle up what I'm feeling and give it away for FREE I would... I'll elaborate more on the next blog. Just felt like sharing that with my folks dig me? God bless

Friday, January 2, 2009

FEELING LIKE AN ANIMAL!!!


Greetings good people. I must say that I feel amazing! It's something about the beginning of a new year that has you on a high that couldn't be defined by a crackhead! The key is keeping this energy up throughout the entire year! It's a little something called drive... Get you some, it cost you nothing. So any way, IM FINALLY PUTTING MY FASHION DVD OUT. No need for hand claps, save that for the day it launches. It's call FRESH OR DIE for those unfamiliar with what I'm talking about. I'm meeting with the videographer tomorrow to go over the particulars but all systems are GO! I feels It's time miami had It's own gateway to FLYLAND, and i am going to give it to them. So this is what's on the mind for tonight... later folks, im off to see Valkyrie. I am a student of history... how else will I know where I'm going if I don't where I came from. God Bless. I'm gone  

Thursday, January 1, 2009

FAREWELL 08!

Brought in 2009 on a fresh note. Fresh outfit, and a fresh mindset. With 08 behind us it's that time when the world in it's entirety makes promises to themselves to be better than they were the previous year. Me personally i only wish to have what i lack in each area of my life. I don't think that's to much to ask, do you? Didn't think so. So anyway i brought the year in with loved one's and my favorite thing in the world besides my passion for fashion lol, PEACE OF MIND!
I must say that 08 was good to me and i wouldn't change a thing about it. Every person, place and thing i've come in contact with has helped shape who i will be in the new year. I eliminated all the dead weight in the previous year and i can say that if it wasn't for the suckers in my life i wouldn't know how to spot one out when i see one. So THANK YOU FOR THE EX RAY'S, i see right thru you dudes.  Other folks in my 08 appreciation list include; Ed & Brian for riding out the on going MUSIC BUSINESS STORM, I know this is a difficult business and, I appreciate your dedication to making me a HISTORIAN! Ed we're almost at the finish line, glad you're still here to see me cross it. Each and every site/magazine & blog that published an article about the music I so honestly make for the people who want to hear real Hip Hop... 

24hourhiphop.com//305hiphop.com//The305.com//Worldstarhiphop.com//wordofsouth.com// thehuffingtonpost.com//eyeweekly.com//trunkhustlers.com just to name a few, Thank you... 

South Miami for being behind me when no one else was! (Goonzville all day) Thanks to every radio station that played a GhostWridah record! Special shouts to DJ Enuff of hot 97 for making me the first artist from miami in history to get played on the biggest Hip Hop station in the U.S. without a deal. We breaking barriers now y'all!!!! To LowKey of the Beatkings for helping me create a masterpiece, the songs we made are classic and timeless brotha! To my big brother Roy J, you are one of the driving forces behind my words. Can't wait till they set you free... We have much shopping to do!!!

To Andrew Lee, Ishan & Vick, Salina Awesome, Albie Evans, LEX Promotions, Shampoo, Dee The Barber, Dro, Miami Beatwave, DJ Ideal, DJ EFX, DJ Rascal, J Cardim, PG, Wakeem (Ruff Ryders), Danny Hommel, Mr. Will, Dee from BK, Bless, Curtains, Torch, & The Rest Of The High, Paul Wall, Fish, Tee, Trav, Woop, Unc from harlem, Trell from Harlem, Q from Harlem, Franz, Jahrue, Caliba, Ant Man, & Prince. Each one of you at sometime or another played a major role in my life in 08, from my heart to yours... THANK YOU!!! 

I can't and won't forget Mrs. J who put's up with my day to day BullSh#t but is my guiding light thru the darkest days :) Thanks to you ladybug!!!  Most importantly the supreme being which proves his existence with every breath I take, GOD! Thank you Lord for another year to push for what I believe in. If I left anyone out don't take it personal, if we are family a blog shouldn't come between us! I'm gone good people... Thanks for reading