~ CLASSIC ~

~ LOVE ~

QUICK SHOUT OUT
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY CHECK OUT MY BLOG, WATCH THE VIDEO'S I POST UP AND ACTUALLY READ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, THATS LOVE. THIS BLOG REPRESENTS THINGS I ENJOY, MY PASSION AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT INTEREST ME. IT REPRESENTS MY MIND AND ALL THE CRAZYNESS THAT GOES ON INSIDE IT, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND CURIOUS AS TO WHAT GOES ON IN MY HEAD, I APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN YOU KNOW. SO MAD LOVE TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MSN ME OR BB ME OR TXT ME TELLING ME THEY WATCH THE VIDS I POST OR JUST READ THE SHIT I PUT UP IN GENERAL, THATS REAL LOVE AND THATS REAL SUPPORT. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, LOVE.

I HAD SOMEONE TELL ME YO, "YOU ALWAYS FIND CRAZY YOUTUBE VIDEO'S AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE ME GLUED TO THE COMPUTER FOR A SHORT WHILE", or PEOPLE JUST LOVING WHAT I WRITE, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE I STILL GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE STILL CURIOUS AS TO WHATS GOING ON WITH ME.

ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ADDED ME TO THEIR FOLLOWED LIST AND BLOG LIST, MUCH LOVE. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE SO I WONT NAME DROP.

GOOD LOOKIN OUT. CHECK THE VIDEO DOWN BELOW, CLASSSSSSSSIC SHIT.

~ BRENDA ~

This song, leaves me speechless everytime i hear it. Listen to his flow, like seriously listen to his flow and his wordplay. He tells a story almost better than slick rick in this song, this was pac at his BEST. You can see the passion and hunger and just love for the art when he goes at it. You can't NOT love this dude, just look at his eyes and swag when he goes in. Just legendary and Great in every possible way. No club bangers, no sing-a-long's just real classic hiphop right here.
This song will always be on my top 10. Believe that. G.O.A.T
I can talk about the blueprint and perfect structure of this song all day long, thats how much i love it.

~ CONVERSE x UNDFTD ~

SAW THIS ON YE'S BLOG.
THIS MAKES ME WANNA JUMP BACK ON MY CHUCK TIP FOR A MINUTE.
CONVERSE x UNDFTD "THE POOR MAN'S WEAPON". INSANE SHOE, WORD

~ If This Doesn't Do It ~

Let's See.

~ THIS IS MOS DEFinitely Bittersweet ~

This is also mad old but i still play this from time to time. Kanye west during when he was still hungry at Def Poetry. Not as good as Common's but Kanye does his thing regardless. My love and appreciation for Kanye West Sky Rocketed in 2008, he just totally took his style and swagger to a new level. Whether it be through his music or fashion sense, he's definitely a dude you can't hate on. He's making his money in a very, very, very serious way. Producer, turned rapper turned whatever you call him these days. Kanye West is Future Certified. WORD

~ STILL MAKES ME LAUGH ~

I know this is mad old, and i mean MAD OLD. But i can watch this over and over again, look at how many views this video has, almost 2 million !! Anyways count how many times Mr.Reebok Iverson says the word practice. LoL at 55 seconds, this is where he goes off and says it like 500 times. I remember watching this when it air'd on TV before it blew up on youtube and i was with my friend. I remember saying, " is it just me or did he say practice like 500 times ". The next day it was all over the internet haha. Good watch...which then leads to this one HAHAHAHA

~ FOR ALL THE LUPE HATERS ~

I've been trying to find this video for weeks, and i finally did. For all the people that think lupe is whack and can't flow, watch this video and feel stupid for yourself. And for all the people that think he's whack because he didnt listen to tribe? ok first of all i have a bone to pick with these people, why? simple fact, not every hiphop star has to listen to tribe. Lupe is 23 or so years old and was raised in chicago. So if you really know hiphop you would know that At that time in chicago nobody was up on tribe if you from there, it was about spice1, geto boys and scarface. Yeah tribe was known in chicago but they wern't put on blast as much as local mc's. It's like asking snoop dogg to rap a verse of biggie's, he won't know it word for word because he's not up on shit from the other side of the world. It's like asking lil cease to spit a verse from 2pacalypse now?, he wont know it. It's simple, not everyone has to listen to a certain set just because they're legendary. I was probably the biggest tribe fan in grade 9, but i opened my ears and listened to other stuff aswell. It's not hiphop,its music. If it sounds good, you bump it, if it doesnt then you dont. Dont categorize and label because that doesnt make you a true hiphop fan. Smarten up, LUPE IS A BEAST. Literally A BEASTTTTTTT. ok that's all, give it a listen haha.

~ You Have To Admit ~

I don't care what anyone says about mainstream hiphop today, this song goes HARD. When it comes down to it, i'm a guy who respects lyrics and flow and i have to admit every artist on this song went hard at it, like every verse was decent. If i had to pick one, it would probably be big boi from outkast who hard bodied this track. You can say what you want about music today but if your a fan of hiphop, you can't ignore that the verses in this track take it back. It goes to show that even though the majority of music today is money driven, real artist still know how to drop a nice 16 when they have to. I can play this song all day, sometimes i imagine what would happen if they threw jay-z or rza on this song, el problemo is what would happen. And the cameo's in this video are crazy, Krs-one, e-40, too short, juelz, capo, berg, and the list goes on. Well put together record, goodlookin.

~ NO KINGS x NO QUEENS ~

Japanese Cartoon x Lupe Fiasco

~ FIRST IT WAS NASTY ~

I used to be the biggest Esco head walking the face of the earth, i knew every word to illmatic all the way to stillmatic. But one too many flopped albums caused me to lose interest, i tried to get back on my Nasir Tip this week but couldn't get past the album "I Am", thank god i didn't make it to Nastradamus. But "I Am" is definately an underated record. It has a few tracks that are off but majority of the album is solid. Lyrics were on point, the production was a little off but all in all it's an A to Zer. But the best track on the album hands down is "Nas is Like". It's honestly my favorite song Mr.escobar, illmatic obviously is a classic and every joint on there is engraved in my head but theres something about "Nas is like" thats just insane. It's like his hunger came back for one song before vanishing for good. Every bar on that is quote-worthy in my opinion. NOW if it was THIS Nas that battled Jay-z, maybe it would've been an even match. But consistency will always rull over in-consistency. But i'm not even going lie, his most recent album "N", of course isnt the greatest album but he goes hard on some of the tracks. There are gonna be the "New Nas Haters" But you have to prop a man when it's due and listen to "America", Dude goes OFF. Alright that is all. Goodnight. `Js

~ SIMPLY AMAZING ~

I know this is old, im talking i was mad young when this remix dropped but listening to it now just brings back some classic head boppin for me. There are very few classics that get remix'd that actually top the original for me. I mean obviously the original Bring The Pain left it's mark but this remix does just that plus more. In my opinion it's the perfect mash-up, too bad they didn't make an album or at least more songs like this. "OF COURSE IT'S THE METHOD". Chemical Brothas x Method Man x Bring The Pain Remix. 0:48 seconds in is where this song starts to become a problem, enjoy :)

~ YOU?!?!?!?!? -

For some reason i've been having some serious security issues with myself, why? shit i dont know. I've never felt like this before, for the 22 years that i've been living on this earth i've been the most confident dude walking around the face of the earth, until now. In any situation that i've been in i've always felt like i was more than enough, and i had good reason to feel that way. It was strictly feedback and constant love and support that i would get from everyone that made me feel like i was king of the hill day in and day out. Although somewhere along the lines i lost that confidence and security, where did it go? Im not to sure. My friend asked me why i was buggin out and i told them the reason why and i got this reply on my BB.

" YOU?!?!?!?!? insecure? has the world gone mad, are pigs flying? I swear to god you were the most confident and certain guy i know. Hell, for the longest time you were the cockiest dude alive but for legitimate reasons of course. Did you randomly wake up one morning and forget everything you've done/been through? All those people that followed you around? Wanted to act and be like you? All those girls not to mention a few models that wanted you? Have you forgotten how much you have accomplished with yourself in school? Do i have to remind you that you single handedly ran the entire school in grade 11 and 12? For the longest time, people looked at you as that guy everyone wanted to hate, simply because of all the love you got. You had that bad guy look, sometimes that bad guy attitude overlaying a kind hearted selfless nerd, what more can someone want? You have the best family in the world, an amazing supporting cast of people, a beautiful car ! [ i know you wanted me to say that ], goodlooks! the sense of humor! the credentials! not to mention quite the swagger and persona! and just a selfless heart beyond comprehension. YOU?!??!?! insecure? I thought you were joking at first jay, whatever it is that you feel insecure about, look at it and laugh because you might have forgotten who you were, but believe me when i say there is a shit load of important people who didnt. im pretty sure a million people are telling you this stuff but take it from me, your good homie"

WORDxWORD
Thats all i needed, that all i needed to hear. Where the fuck did things go wrong? when i did i start looking at the mirror, seeing a different reflection? After reading that, a huge imaginary hand came across my face and it was the hardest slap i've ever felt in my life. ME?!?!?!??! insecure? What the !@!*&$#*#&!@ ???

~ Boss 2 Boss ~

Real Money Will Recognize Real Money
Real Money Will Respect Real Money
Two of the biggest bosses of all bosses inches away from eachother. You can smell the success and greed, Bill Gates x Jay Hova. The only difference between the two? One made most of his money just by telling a story of what he saw back home, that's what i call grind; It's Clockwork. Lets Look at a few reasons as to why he basically and literally Runs Shit

-He headlined a major international festival being Glastonbury as the first Hip-Hop act to play the festival
-He married arguably one of the hottest women on the planet in Beyoncé Knowles
-He was able to land a $150 Million deal with Live Nation, which is one of the richest contracts ever offered to a musician
-He teamed up with Mary J. Blige to put on a very successful Heart Of The City tour and he still leads the rest on the Forbes list as the most successful rapper currently.
-He Built and started Roc-a-Fella Records from nothing to a really big something
-He owns a chain of 40/40 Night Clubs around the world
-He started and launched the successful Clothing line Roc-a-Wear
-He Owns the New Jersey Nets
-He Is Def Jam CEO/President
-He Co-Owns the Audemars Piquet Watch Line
-Began the MTV & Jay-z Clean Water for Africa
-HP Spokesman
-Brand Director for Budweiser
-Platinum Album after Platinum Album, He drops Records like Rain
-Has His own line of GM Trucks
-Always mentioned in the same breath as 2pac and Biggie
-Arguebly The Best Rapper alive today
-Still holds the title as most successful and wealthiest hiphop artist of all time
-Consistant in lyrical flow and content.

...And The List Goes On...

It's Common Sense.

~ MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK ~

"My president is black - in fact he’s half white
So even in a racist mind, he’s half right
Even if you’ve got a racist mind, it’s all right
My President is black, but his house is all white
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk
Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run
Barack Obama ran so all our children could fly
So I’m a spread my wings, you could meet me in the sky
Already got my own clothes, already got my own shoes
I was hot before Barack, imagine what I’m gonna do
Hello miss America, hey pretty lady
Red white and blue flag, wave for me baby
Never thought id say this shit, baby I’m good
You can keep your puss, I don’t want no more bush
No more war, no more Iraq
No more white lies - My President is black" - Jay-z

For anyone who still doesn't think Jay-z isnt the best lyricist alive, get some glasses and clean your ears. That verse up there has lines within lines disguised as other lines for the people who don't fully understand rhymes. I can post up verse after verse from 1996 that would prove he's the best, but theres really no point. It takes time and a real ear for hiphop to understand hove. He's way too ahead of his time, enough said.

~ New York Doesn't Sleep ~

And clearly neither do i, let's see it is now 2:56am and i am still awake. I could've sworn these late nights were gone and non-existent but i guess i was wrong. So lets look at a few things in the above picture that kept me awake this evening. So my BlackBerry of course is always a distraction, it doesn't really go off as much as it used to but even without it ringing from annoying phone calls or useless text messages; i find myself always playing with it somehow. When i wasn't playing with my phone, i was on the computer. I checked out the usual blogs and websites that i do which pretty much consist of Kanye West Blog Site, NBA.com, Hypebeast.com, FlightClub.com, FaceBook.Com, CNN.com, and a few other sites that i can't remember at the moment. After surfing the internet for an hour or so i decided to read some books, no these are not the books im reading at the moment, they're just books that i usually read excerpts from. I then attempted to go to sleep, i went to my bed and put on Reasonable Doubt and we all know how that went, anyone that knows hiphop well knows this CD is impossible to listen to just once. Every song is almost considered a classic, sometimes you have to re-listen to half the shit this dude says because it's hard to believe someone had this much hunger in 1996. When that didn't work i attempted to make make myself drowsy by watching a dvd, so i walked over to my couch and put on Belly. I must say, it's pretty hard to go to sleep when Nas and Dmx our letting their clickity-clack go off every two seconds while Method Man is surrounded by about 24 of Queen's Finest threatening to kill T-Boz. So as you could see, i am very easily distracted, and as you could probably already tell i'm still awake blogging to all you fine people of the world wide web.

Another little thing that was keeping me awake was the Presidential Inauguration 2009. It's really funny how different broadcast have their take on the whole situation. CNN kept things pretty professional and strictly political, MTV of course cracked their jokes and in my opinion made a mockery of the entire celebration. I just pretty much got a vibe or feeling from the host that they were simply just showing us what was going down and they didn't really give a fuck, they seemed not so informed or as knowledgeable as the other shows. BET, well you can just imagine how excited they were. They had Nick Cannon hosting the celebration, who for some reason is still speaking with 2000-2001 slang which made things really difficult to understand. So getting feedback and highlights from different Stations pretty much gave me all the information i needed about the entire celebration and the messege was crystal clear, short and simple : Change is Coming

Being from Canada, one might think we shouldn't concern ourselves too much with what goes on with our big brothers over there but you would be surprised at how much of their decisions and changes actually effect us. I can speak on this for the rest of the night and how i see things and my views and two cents and what not, but the main purpose of this blog was to explain why i couldn't sleep; so talking about politics at 3:00am wouldnt exactly help. So keep posted for my unofficial blunt and straight forward take on Mr.President. I have alot to say about that so check back soon.

Back to the topic at hand, i know what i have to do to go to sleep. I'm going to go to my kitchen, make some tea, Grab my book and read upstairs. That should put me to sleep, and if that doesn't work i'm pulling an all nighter - GoodNight?.`Js

~ Not Again ~

3:17 am and i'm fully awaky, i went through every single conversation we've ever had on msn since febuary 2008 and it had me thinking about alot of things. I carefully read every topic and discussion we talked about and i didn't know what to think of it. It's been about 10 months so far and we've been through so much, but after reading everything that i just read it has me wondering about alot of things. I hated alot of the stuff i read because of some of the things i noticed. There are a few things that stuck out and jumped out at me when reading it and they are listed below. There isnt really a need to go into further detail about what i read, thats something i'll keep to myself. Were perfect again, like how we were before but in order for us to stay this way and maintain what we have... I need one thing to make everything right...one thing.

" You're officially the coolest dude i kno "
" Are you for real? I'm afraid this is too good to be tru !! "
" You've went beyond all expectations ! "
" Your freaking awesome dude and exactly Cecile material "

One Thing. `Js

~ Drive ~

I can go through my entire music collection and my entire library of music, there is just something but incubus's sound that calms me down. You know how you listen to different types of music depending on your mood or what time of day it is? Let me explain a little more. Every month since i was in grade 9 i would pick two albums that i would constantly play within that month. One album that i listen to when i wake up and drive to wherever im going, and one album that i listen to when driving home and finishing up my day. This month i've been starting my day with food and liquor by Lupe Fiasco, and i end my day with Jon B's Cool Relax; of course there are the miscellaneous and random tracks that i'll listen to in between. Although i find no matter what time of day it is, i can always listen to an incubus album. Their sound and style reminds me of a young toned down Nirvana with just the right amount of creativity. Give their first album a listen and you'll be hooked ! `Js

~ CRAZY ~

This is insane, It's somewhere in England. Basically the artist and designer wanted to see what it would look like if you could catch a still image of a light beam going through a window. It's pretty much supposed to symbolize light seen as dust particles. Here i was thinking the artistic side of the world was dying, boy was i wrong. It seems as though all the cool and inventive idea's are coming out of England or Australia. When i was in school i remember reading up on this artist from Australia who designed a completely see-through building thats scheduled to be complete in 2013, Can't Wait. `Js.

~ 12 Days Late But Im Feeling...~

Brand New.
Something really woke me up and opened my eyes just a little while ago. A sentence that was said to me really got me thinking about my life now, and my life in 2008. For the past year and a little bit, i've constantly been living my life in fear; Fear of losing everything good that i have around me. Now someone would argue that with everything i have going for me, i should be the happiest person in the world but that's far from how it really is. For a guy like me, having a life thats near perfect is something that seems fictional, almost fairytale like. Why? Well lets just say my past was a little darker than most, a little more violent than it should've been, more drugs and alcohol than i should've probably consumed, broke one too many hearts, broke one too many jaw's, gambled way too much, and the list goes on. I lived an amazing life in my past don't get me wrong but it's what i know about that past that makes me feel like i don't deserve this present. Then i think about all the positives that i've accomplished, all the goals that i've achieved and mountains i've climbed and i begin to think, maybe i do deserve this after all. As you can see my mind tends to contradict itself, a power struggle of thoughts if you will. Basically it's like this, Karma. I'm scared that i'm living this all time high right now, and before i know it Karma will come and strike to bring me to an all time low. That is exactly why i've been living in fear. Then someone let me realize, living in fear isnt living at all and thats when the following came to mind...I Present to you, the new and improved, back and better than ever, a little of the old and a shit load of some new...Jay Sanchez.

2009.
If i was to put a heading on this year to describe me and my plans, it would simply be...WATCH THIS.I want to be as driven and as confident in myself and my game as i was 4 years ago, i want all of that back. I want to be able to walk outside with my chin high to the sky with an attitude like fuck it, instead of me worrying about losing everything i have. I want my confidence back and i want my swagger back,now. I dropped the ball with everything around me because my mind painted this picture of what COULD happen, instead of what IS happening. My relationship with my girlfriend, what can i say about that. It's perfect, but because of my fear and insecurities and lack of confidence i put a few dents in it. But not anymore, I promise that my confidence in myself and us is back 100% and my insecurities are non-existent. I Love you, I love All of you, Every inch of you and i want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you ; Cmq.I don't care much about the people around me anymore other than my family, my girlfriend and a few close friends. To me, that is all that matters now. It's their opinions and their two cents that i will be thinking about at the end of the day, no one else's.

*My goals for 2009?
- Go back to school and upgrade more to move up higher at my workplace.
- Save, Save, Save.
- Work Out Every Single Day.
- Get Back To Reading More.
- Get my starbucks days back.
- Keep my room more clean than it already is.
- Not to raise my voice when arguing.
- Handle certain situations the way i used to.
- Never drop the ball and remember what the main goal of this relationship was, to make her happy, enough said.
- Stop trying to impress or please others.
- Stop worrying about what people say about me,its jealousy.
- Do More Around the house.
- Write Again.
- Work Harder in Everything i do.
- Sleep Early !
- Not to sleep in past twelve on the weekends.
- Stay away from coffee as much as i could.
- Trust More.
- Laugh More and Live More Care Free.
- TBC.

*Sidenote: I keep things very simple, don't do anything that would bother me and i won't do anything that would bother you, keep it real with me and i'll keep it real with you. I'm about you and only you and that's how i want it. I don't care if your the only girl in my life, as long as it's you it's all good. I love you more than ever these days, let's not switch up the formula because it might just cause an explosion that we both wouldn't want. Like i said, in order for something really good to stay really good or even possibly become a million times better, we have to work at it. Let's not remember the good times, forget the bad times and make some amazing times, if that makes sense? You got my emails and you hear me it from me personally, everything is right in front of us and all we have to do is grab it and hold on tight. I love you Cecilia Marie Quintos.

*Final Word
Consider this post the introduction, the mission statement and the warning, Im Jay Sanchez for heavens sake, when the hell did i forget that? Alot of people are gonna read this and say whoa easy there, this dude is cocky. But those are the people that know nothing about me, and nothing about my past. Those are the people that THINK they know me, because of what they see on the outside, but do your homework and i bet you'll have a change of heart. Those that DO know me, are probably saying, it's about damn time you woke up and snapped out of it. Let's Go. `Js.

2009 officially marks the year of me. Again.