Teenagers will enjoy the realism of this New Jersey Hip Hop 1980's throwback movie will receiving positive messages and being innertained at the same time. Up in the Attic is a coming of age story about African American suburban youth. It has many funny moments as well as real life drama! It is written and directed by Kamal Imani.
It will be released on DVD on October 1 and shown in selected theatres nationwide.
For more information go to http://www.upintheatticmovie.com and http://www.upintheattic.ning.com
Ah ha! Yeah! I knew that the title of this blog would catch your attention. I know what you are thinking but it is not exactly what you think. However, once you realize the thought that I'm trying to convey, maybe you will think twice before you......
Okay, here is the deal. I posed a question to the youth of my church. I asked them what does certain phrases that they use mean. For example(s), It is what it is, dont get it twisted, junk
Ah ha! Yeah! I knew that the title of this blog would catch your attention. I know what you are thinking but it is not exactly what you think. However, once you realize the thought that I'm trying to convey, maybe you will think twice before you......
Okay, here is the deal. I posed a question to the youth of my church. I asked them what does certain phrases that they use mean. For example(s), It is what it is, dont get it twisted, junk, kick rocks. etc. By the way, All but one of them could tell me what they meant and why they use those terms. However,one of the most famous phrases is, I'm just doing me" Hmmmm....doing me.
In essence, to "do me" is to fulfill all the desires and pleasures as you will. To "do me" is to be grown and sexy without any limitations. To "do me" is to be game for anything without anybody telling me what to do because why? "I'm just doing me". To do me is to go back to a place of familarity and comfort and delve into a pool of mischief. To do me is to take back control of your life and handle your own business all the while enyoing the pleasures of "doing me".
As doing me relates to church, I see people come and go out of the church. They are faithful to the church services and mid week services. Afterwhile, you grow attached to them. It's like you are almost spoiled by their presence but afterwhile they drop off. When I see this behavior I go after them and ask them a simple question, "how are you"? The answer is always, "I'm fine, just doing me".
The thing is that I can't even say it's them but we all are guilty of "doing me". How often do we go to church expecting God to move or to fix situations and it seems like nothing changes. We continue to press our way to the church services but inside we have put a time frame on God. Saying, "if he does'nt answer by a certain time I'm just going to go my way and do me for a minute". Doing me feels good dont it? Doing me makes you feel like you are in control? Doing me can be addictive? Oh yeah, you can get whipped by doing me all the time. (you see where your mind went that fast, stay with me I'm bringing it home)
Whipped as in whom the Lord loves he chastens. Whipped as in it is time to get out of me and get back in line with God. We are so into making love to ourselves that we fail to make love to Him. If we are so into making love to ourselves and pleasing ourselves where is the intimacy between us and God? How long will we continue to walk in the stubborness of our own wills because we get tired of waiting on God?
When will we stop "doing me" and do him. To do him is to reap blessings, peace, tranquility, joy, favor, destiny , relationship, intimacy, true friendship, all that you can ever imagine. If you do him. He will give you what is due to you; for in due season you shall reap a harvest of blessings if you faint not.
Eternal Sunshine
Label Head and Rapper 'P-Duble' Has Utilized Optimism and Faith in Jesus Christ to make his 'Pike Street Music Group' One of the New Hip-Hop Powerhouses.
A s the founder and CEO of Ohio based Pike Street Music Group Keith Scarlett has done exactly the opposite of what many Christian Music Entrepreneurs (or 'ministers,' as he likes to be called instead) have done. Known as the rapper, P-Duble, Scarlett has firmly planted his feet in a music industry that often catches people slipping.
The thirty-four year old 'minister' began his run as a young MC freestylin' throughout the city of Indianapolis and across the region for anyone that would listen. Seeing that the field held more risk than reward, Scarlett stepped away from a partnership with two childhood friends to start doing things on his own in 1992. But dealing with himself taught Scarlett a valuable lesson. "When you sign a group, that's a lot of work," explains Scarlett. "Since it's you, it's even harder. Because the market was radio-driven and it's harder to break into rap, it's got to be something special."
Something special would come in the form of a "happenstance-meeting" with one of the hottest artists and producers in the Midwest ; Ty Wills.
"My wife and I were Christmas shopping in the City Center Mall in downtown Columbus , when I walked into this airbrush shop and saw these flyers advertising a studio specializing in hop-hop for only $25.00," stated -Duble. "So, I figured why not…it's worth checking-out for that price…"
P-Duble quickly realized that Will's set-up was just right and that Ty Wills had the experience to help re-start what had previously been a dormant voice for the past 7 years. His first release in August 2006, "No One," has gone on to become an underground staple in the Christian hip-hop market. P-Duble would continue to build a following through shows and appearances and then really developed a buzz with his May 2007 EP, "My Album About Me." This 6-track joint, including the club hit, "No Trouble" has begun to put P-Duble as a nationwide entity.
Using the blueprints laid by Southern rap
CEO's like Rap-A-Lot's James Prince, Suave House's Tony Draper, No Limit's
Master P and Slip-n-Slide's Ted Lucas, P-Duble and his label, pike Street
Music, has begun to become a force and is even in negotiation for a
distribution deal with Koch Records. Powerful chart performances by "No Trouble" and the other hit single
from the newest
release, "Round-n-Round,"
have started to set the stage for P-Duble to take-hold of a post-Babyface and
post-Bone Thugs Midwest.
"The success hasn't really surprised me, because the Lord can make all things happen," says -dub confidently. "But I wanted to make sure that it didn't become a one-hit wonder. Anything you build for the Lord has to have a foundation and that foundation is scripture and being firmly rooted in the Lord's doctrine. So we made sure the hometown people believed us. We made sure we became the best that we can and let the Lord take it on from there."
Soon, P-dub had earned a unique reputation as an artist that had a street persona and radio-friendly music. Building on the previous projects, P-dub's first-full-length release in almost a decade; If I Die… , is completed and he has chosen to bring an even harder edge to his sound, while still maintaining his mainstream accessibility. P-Duble's breakthrough singles off the new project may just be the ones that he has been hard at work trying to perfect, and with a cameo from platinum hip-hop artist Mims, as well as the talented T-Huzzie, Ty Wills, BW + LX and Luppy – this release, may set a new standard in the Christian hip-hop world.
P-Duble rates this past year as on the best, but 2008 will be holding its own challenges. While he will be releasing his new and first, full-length release in more than 10 years; Pike Street music is also branching-off and creating Kaulipepper Klik Productions: the production arm…and opening-up other aspiring artists' access to the production and beat-making that has thus-far been only behind the lyrics of P-Duble.
It's that opportunistic outlook that keeps P-dub from slippin'. "Hip Hop is all about opportunity; opportunity to spread the message of Jesus Christ to those that need it," he says. "People say it's dying, but that's coming from people who don't take advantage of opportunities."
"I wanted to make sure that it didn't become a one-hit wonder. So we made sure the hometown people believed us." - P-Duble
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Pike Street Music - Colossians 3:17
http://pduble.bravehost.com
http://www.myspace.com/pikestreetm usicpduble
P-Duble's newest release "If I Die..." - 6/1/08!!!!!!
There are some changes about to hit the music world soon and we want you to be the first to know. On June 1st, one of the more unique and edgier albums to hit the streets will drop.
So what does this mean for you?
Well, most
importantly, you'll be able to download the entire project for free for
a limited-time.
You'll be able to access ringtones, photos and wall-paper; all for free
and only for a limited time window.. Just keep your eyes open and
watching not only your e-mail, but also checking the website:
...for more information.
This is all
in celebration of an album project more than a year in the making and
what may be the final release from a veteran MC who has been spreading
the gospel for more than 15 years. P-Duble's newest full-length
release, titled: "If I Die..." is all set and ready to drop.. This
Christian rap project is hard and rolls with a significant edge with a
strong foundation in the scripture. Easy, right? Wrong! With many
hours of writing, rewriting, recording, rerecording, etc....the project
is strapped for those caught deep in the street game and may just be
one of the edgier and harder Christian rap projects to have been
released since the early 1990's releases from S. S. Mob, the CMC's and
the Gospel Gangsters.
This project
includes 20 tracks and features cameos from the likes of Bridget
Winterman, T-Huzzie, Ty Wills, Heavyweight, BW + LX, Mims and Luppy.
Produced by the Kaulipepper Klik and co-produced by Quite Stankable
Productions in conjunction with Stay Beat Music, the tracks are not
only bangin', but the hooks are catchy and the delivery is on-point and
constructed. This new release is not for the faint of heart, as it
delves deep into subject matter than many turn their heads away from
and may not even know exists, especially existing for the those whom
have been saved by the Grace of Jesus Christ.
We're really excited about the changes that we feel the Lord is planning to bring with this new project and we hope you are too. Remember, the Lord works in mysterious ways and even those trapped in the deepest of the concrete jungles need to hear the gospel and in a way they can relate to.
In Him,
Keith Scarlett
P-Duble and the entire Pike Street Music ministry team
