Damn, I cant believe it will be 5 years in a few months since Bless and I performed at this spot! Time flies!

I had to categorize this post a “discussion” moreso than “debate” as both Dyson and Watkins share the same view regarding the state of hip-hop. I enjoyed listening to their points having written several articles myself about the same subject.

I just received the visuals for “Overview” – the first single from my 2012 album Worth Fighting For. My homie and director Marques and I journeyed to Mexico to the Teotihuacan pyramids and shot this; a bit of a pilgrimage and exploration. Check it out.

Check out these video clips of my new friend Dan who does these ridiculous bar workouts. He used some of my music as the soundtrack.

Track used: “A Tree Grows”

Track used: “Work It Out” from GameShift The Movement

Tracks used: “Survive & Cope” from Indomitable Will and “Before I Go (Instrumental)” from Candy Medicine

Check out my beat “Love Drug” used by DC Shoes in this Josh Hill interview. Big ups to Max!


In March of 1993, The Pharcyde released “Passin’ Me By,” I paid homage to the group and their classic song with my own version in 2008. Download this song at: http://scholarman.bandcamp.com/album/the-pull-forward-ep-vol-2

About The Pharcyde’s original:

“Passin’ Me By” was the second single released from The Pharcyde’s 1992 debut Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. The song, produced by J-Swift, utilizes samples from “Summer in the City” by Quincy Jones, “125th Street Congress” by Weather Report and “Are You Experienced?” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

..so not long after I shot the video for “Lyrical Baptism” I played around with ideas for a second video, but I couldn’t make up my mind on which song to shoot. Lagbara and I talked a few times and threw out several ideas for a couple of the tracks, but I was inspired to nix those (at least for now) ideas and do an animated video. I decided “Reigndrops” was the best song on my album for an animated presentation. The song is somewhat politically driven as well as simply life-inspired (if that makes sense) so it was easy to visualize some of the elements in the video before hand.

Check out some stills and development work…